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MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Angela Belcher

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering

Primary Impact, Materials, Research Type

Contact Info

Office Phone: 617-324-2800
Email: belcher@mit.edu
Office: 76-561A
Website/Lab: The Biomolecular Materials Group

Assistant

Assistant Name: Gerri Powers
Assistant Email: gpowers@mit.edu
Assistant Phone: 617-253-7420

Research

Professor Angela Belcher is a materials chemist with expertise in biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces, and solid-state chemistry. Her work focuses on evolving organisms to build new materials and devices for clean energy, electronics, the environment, and medicine.

Biography

Professor Belcher received a BS in creative studies in 1991 and a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997. She was awarded the 24th annual MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the 2004 Four Star General Recognition Award. In 2006 she was named Scientific American’s Research Leader of the Year. Her work has been published in many prestigious scientific journals, including Science and Nature and has been reported on in various publications, including Fortune, Forbes, Discover, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Awards & Honors

2022
Elected member, National Academy of Sciences
2018
Xconomy Award, Innovation at the Intersection
2018
Fellow, National Academy of Engineers
2015
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2013
Lemelson - MIT Prize