She received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology and postdoctoral training in Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research centers at the intersection of polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, and biomedical science and includes synthesis and assembly of polymers and nanostructures as novel platforms for therapeutic applications such as controlled delivery and regenerative medicine. She has authored more than 60 articles and has been recently awarded NSF CAREER. Abstract