"Storied Women of MIT" is a series of 60-second historical profiles of MIT students, researchers, and staff that demonstrates the role of women at the Institute from its founding to today.

Chemical engineering professor Paula T. Hammond '84, PhD '93 is a David H. Koch Professor in Engineering and the Head of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering. Also head of the Hammond Lab, she is a widely recognized and cited researcher in biomaterials, and drug delivery.