Her main research is to integrate 3D bioprinting and nanotechnology for complex tissue and organ regeneration. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Brown University with distinction in 2009. After finishing her postdoctoral trainings at Rice University and Harvard Medical School, she joined GW. She has received the Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, GW SEAS Outstanding Young Researcher Award, John Haddad Young Investigator Award by American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Early Career Award from the International Journal of Nanomedicine, and Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Organization, etc.