Leslie Hamilton

Dr. Leslie H. Hamilton leads the Materials Research portfolio in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). She is an interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in materials science, chemistry and biology. She has extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams towards innovative solutions for technically challenging problems. Recently, she has focused on the development of materials and chemistries to enable environmental resilience, with a focus on technologies to ensure the availability of clean water. With growing concern surrounding the contamination of water by “forever chemicals,” JHU/APL has invested in the development of multiple technologies that work in concert to realize full per and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) remediation, including: materials for PFAS capture and separation, chemical strategies for ecofriendly PFAS destruction, materials for byproduct sequestration, and the development of PFAS-free Aqueous Film Forming Foams.