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picture of Dr. Angela Belcher Dr. Angela Belcher
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Angela Belcher is a Materials Chemist with expertise in the fields of biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry. She received her B.S. in Creative Studies with an emphasis in biology from The University of California, Santa Barbara. She continued her education at UCSB and earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1997) under the direction of Professors Galen Stucky and Daniel Morse. Following a year of postdoctoral research in electrical engineering at UCSB with Professor Evelyn Hu, Dr. Belcher joined the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 1999. Dr. Belcher later joined the faculty at MIT as the John Chipman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering in 2002. In 2006, she was appointed Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering. In 2002, she co-founded the company Cambrios Technologies, Inc.

In 2006, Dr. Belcher was named Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American and was awarded a 2006 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough award. In 2005, she was named one of 10 to watch by Fortune magazine for "how the world will work in the next 75 years.” Other awards include the MacArthur Foundation grant, a Four Star General Recognition Award (US Army), Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE), Top 10 Innovators Under 40 (Fortune Magazine), 2002 World Technology Award (Materials), 2002 Popular Science Brilliant Ten, 2002 Technology Review Top 100 Inventors (TR100). She is also a 2001 Packard Fellow, won the 2001 Wilson Prize in Chemistry at Harvard University, 2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, received the 2000 Beckman Young Investigator Award, received the 1999 DuPont Young Investigator Award, and the 1999 Army Research Office Young Investigators Award.

Her work has been published in many prestigious scientific journals including Science and Nature, and has been reported in the popular press including Fortune, Forbes, Discover, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.



Overview Conference Committees Call for Papers Science & Technology Showcase (Exhibits) International Collaboration Award Agenda Biographies Registration Media Lodging Transportation Home	Biographies Dr. Angela Belcher Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Angela Belcher is a Materials Chemist with expertise in the fields of biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry. She received her B.S. in Creative Studies with an emphasis in biology from The University of California, Santa Barbara. She continued her education at UCSB and earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1997) under the direction of Professors Galen Stucky and Daniel Morse. Following a year of postdoctoral research in electrical engineering at UCSB with Professor Evelyn Hu, Dr. Belcher joined the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 1999. Dr. Belcher later joined the faculty at MIT as the John Chipman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering in 2002. In 2006, she was appointed Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering. In 2002, she co-founded the company Cambrios Technologies, Inc. In 2006, Dr. Belcher was named Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American and was awarded a 2006 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough award. In 2005, she was named one of 10 to watch by Fortune magazine for "how the world will work in the next 75 years.” Other awards include the MacArthur Foundation grant, a Four Star General Recognition Award (US Army), Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE), Top 10 Innovators Under 40 (Fortune Magazine), 2002 World Technology Award (Materials), 2002 Popular Science Brilliant Ten, 2002 Technology Review Top 100 Inventors (TR100). She is also a 2001 Packard Fellow, won the 2001 Wilson Prize in Chemistry at Harvard University, 2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, received the 2000 Beckman Young Investigator Award, received the 1999 DuPont Young Investigator Award, and the 1999 Army Research Office Young Investigators Award. Her work has been published in many prestigious scientific journals including Science and Nature, and has been reported in the popular press including Fortune, Forbes, Discover, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

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