His work focuses on molecular programming of self-assembled soft matter and biomaterials systems with applications in tissue engineering and gene delivery. He received his PhD from the University of New Mexico in 2011, followed by a post doc in Applied Physics at Harvard under David Weitz (2011-2013) and a research professorship in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University (2014-2016). Outside of the lab, Dr. Carroll enjoys hiking with his 2 dogs and playing electric guitar.