2020, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University
2016, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2011, B.S., Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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The Biomechanic Materials Lab aims to understand disease state ECM structure and function.
Mammalian cell morphology is a key determinant of function, igniting significant interest in understanding how cell phenotype is regulated by microenvironmental cues. These cues include cell-cell interactions, soluble signaling molecules, and adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) via transmembrane receptors. Yet, the physical properties of the ECM, particularly deformability and remodelability, are known to regulate the ability of a variety of cell behavior. Many of these properties are interconnected and developing material systems to isolate individual properties becomes an important tool; a tool that allows for the investigation of changes ECM materials undergo to better understand disease states and therapeutic opportunities.
Our laboratory will tackle these issues by synthesizing novel polymeric architectures to study prenatal membrane rupture, callus formation, as well as creating the next-generation tools to measure complex nano-scale stress and strain in 3D. Our techniques include super-resolution live-cell imaging, nanoindentation, microrheology, and polymer synthesis.
Freedom from Cancer Startup Challenge Winner
UMass Boston Guest Lecturer in Biology
NSF National Innovation CORPS Fellowship: Team Leader
COZAD New Venture Competition Winner
Fifty for The Future
Illinois Innovation Prize Finalist
CASSS Travel Award
Illinois Conference Travel Award
Intel-Racheff Award Finalist
NSF IGERT Graduate Research Fellowship
NSF EAPSI Fellowship Awardee
Commonwealth College Honors College Scholar and Research Fellow
Junior Fellow in the Life Sciences at UMass Amherst
UMass Writing Program Outstanding Essay Award