thebner@purdue.edu | google scholar | cv

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder  (2022)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth (2019)

Prof. Hebner is an Assistant Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She leads a research team focused on the design of stimuli-responsive polymers, leveraging aspects of chemistry, physics, and biology to enable advanced bio-inspired material performance and integration with biological systems. 

Prior to her role at Purdue, Prof. Hebner earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, working with Prof. Christopher Bowman and Prof. Timothy White on the design and characterization of liquid crystalline polymers and dynamic covalent networks as responsive materials. She then trained as a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Danielle Benoit in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Oregon, leveraging functional hydrogel materials to promote regenerative tendon healing.