She received her B.S. in Physics from the University of Oklahoma in 2006, and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Rice University in 2011. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University from 2011-2013 before joining the University of Delaware in 2013. Dr. Day’s research group aims to transform the study, detection, and treatment of cancer with engineered nanomaterials.