Paula Hammond is in pursuit of the invisible. In her lab at MIT she creates technologies so small that you can't see them with most microscopes—that is, until they save a soldier's life on the battlefield, or illuminate light bulbs using stored solar power. 0:40 Childhood curiosity in northwest Detroit 2:20 Chemistry, a first love 3:45 There's no place like MIT 5:28 Marriage and Motorola 6:44 Chemical engineering at Georgia Tech 7:14 Returning to MIT and starting a family 8:53 Paula talks polymer science and soldier nanotechnology 14:17 Finding love again 15:20 Innovating at the Koch Institute To read more about Hammond and explore The Catalyst Series: Women in Chemistry, visit chemheritage.org/WomenInChemistry/.

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