I am currently an Independent Research Scholar (non-tenure-track Primary Investigator) leading the Unit for NanoEngineering and MicroPhysiological Systems (UNEMPS) under Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler's Section on Immunoengineering at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

UNEMPS research focuses on:

1) Developing organ-on-a-chip models of immune-related conditions

2) Evaluating the role of biological nanoparticles in autoimmune diseases and cancer

Prior to this, I was an NIH IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler's lab. My postdoctoral research focused on identifying biomarkers associated with trauma, developing in vitro models of biomaterial-immune interactions, and studying serologic cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses.

I completed my PhD in Bioengineering, co-advised by Professor Dipanjan Pan at the University of Illinois and Dr. Mandy Esch at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. My graduate research focused on developing biodegradable nanoparticles for biomedical imaging, as well as developing tissue-chip models of lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels.