Dr. Daniel Hammer

Professor

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Biography

Daniel Hammer is the Alfred G. Meta Ennis Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Stuyvesant High School. Hammer received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1982 and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He began his academic career at Cornell University, where he taught from 1988 to 1996, gaining tenure before moving to Penn. Hammer served as the Chair of Bioengineering from 2000 to 2007 and was the inaugural Director of the Penn Center for Precision Engineering in Health (CPE4H). He has advised 55 Ph.D. theses and has received several awards for his contributions to education and research, including the 2018 Penn Provost Award for PhD Mentoring Advising and the 2006 BMES Distinguished Lecturer Award. His research interests focus on understanding the principles of immune cell biology through colloidal science, developing synthetic materials that mimic cell biology, and exploring the design of protocells for drug delivery and sensing applications.

Research Interests

Awards

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Penn Provost Award PhD Mentoring Advising

2018-01-01
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BMES Distinguished Lecturer

2006-01-01
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NSF Presidential Young Investigator

1989-01-01

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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