She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University and her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Before joining the faculty at UVa in 2006, Silvia worked as a post-doctoral Research Associate at Stanford University’s National Center for Biomedical Computation. At UVA, she leads the Multi-scale Muscle Mechanophysiology Lab (“M3 Lab”). Click here to view her full biography.