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Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D.

Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D.
The University of Chicago
Pritzker Director at The University of Chicago
Awards
2026 NAM - National Academy of Medicine2019 NAS - National Academy of Sciences1997 NAE - National Academy of Engineering

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Affiliations

Title
Pritzker Director
Organization/Instituation
The University of Chicago

About Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D.

Fellow News from Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D.

October 20, 2026
University of Chicago
Matthew Tirrell elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Matthew Tirrell, D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for pioneering the design and synthesis...
December 9, 2021
University of Chicago
It’s hard to repair existing heart damage. Could nanoparticles help?
Vascular diseases can lead to heart attack or stroke. But many treatments for these diseases target systemic risk factors, such as reducing blood pressure and cholesterol, rather than directly repairing existing damaged blood vessels. A new targeted nanomedicine...
May 1, 2019
UChicago News
Matthew Tirrell elected to National Academy of Sciences
Matthew Tirrell, the dean and Founding Pritzker Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Tirrell, an influential scholar in the field of polymer science, is...
March 7, 2011
UChicago News
Matthew Tirrell Named Founding Director of Institute for Molecular Engineering
Matthew Tirrell, a pioneering researcher in the fields of biomolecular engineering and nanotechnology, has been appointed founding Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago’s new Institute for Molecular Engineering, effective July 1. The institute,...
September 12, 2013
UChicago News
Matthew Tirrell Named Pritzker Visiting Scientist-Inventor-Engineer at Parker School
The University of Chicago’s Matthew Tirrell has accepted an invitation to serve as the Robert A. Pritzker Visiting Scientist-Inventor-Engineer in Residence at the Francis W. Parker School for the 2013-14 school year. Tirrell, the Pritzker Director of...
June 25, 2012
UChicago News
Institute for Molecular Engineering Names Three Esteemed Researchers to Faculty
The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering is making its first set of new faculty appointments, bringing in world-leading research programs at the interfaces between molecular-level science and powerful new technologies. The new faculty...
May 14, 2013
UChicago News
New PhD Program in Molecular Engineering Marks Historic First for UChicago
The University of Chicago will offer an engineering PhD for the first time, emphasizing the development of solutions to technological problems of society based on molecular-level science. “Traditional engineering schools divide engineering into disciplines;...
March 19, 2013
UChicago News
International Technology Partnership to Focus on Water Problems
The University of Chicago and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have signed an agreement to begin exploring a research partnership that would create new water production and purification technologies for deployment in regions of the globe where fresh...
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