Education

• BSE, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2000
• MS, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2002
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2006

Research Interests

• Biomaterials
• Tissue Engineering
• Protein Engineering

Publications

Awards

• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2026
• Fellow, Purdue Teaching Academy, 2025
• Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award, 2025
• Fellow, The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE 2023)
• Ache Women in Chemical Engineering Mentorship Excellence Award (Academia), Purdue University, 2022
• Faculty Excellence Award for Graduate Student Mentorship, Purdue College of Engineering, 2021
• Nominee for Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Purdue University College of Engineering, 2020
• Faculty Scholar, Purdue University, 2019-2024
• Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES), 2019-2021
• Outstanding Mentor Award, Purdue University Chemical Engineering, 2018
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2011-2013
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health, 2007
• Tau Beta Pi Prize for Service to the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, 2000
• Richard K Toner Thermodynamics Prize for Superior Scholarship with Special Excellence in Thermodynamics, Princeton University, 2000
• Whitaker Foundation Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering, 2000-2005
• Donald F. Othmer National Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1999
• Barry M. Showalter Scholar, 1999
• Fellowship, Merck Engineering and Teaching, 1998, 1999