Paula Hammond

Hammond is an MIT Institute Professor, the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member at MIT. Her career highlights include the development of “stealth polymers” to disguise cancer chemotherapeutics contained in nanoparticles so they can reach tumors, design of a bandage that rapidly clots blood on major wounds to prevent blood loss, and development of LayerForm technology to build drug delivery films with alternating drug and polymer layers. . 

  • March 2022

Added to: The Engine - Cambridge, MA

The Engine, launched by MIT in 2016, is a Cambridge MA-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies.