A tenured Associate Professor in a leading academic medical center, with a unique multidisciplinary background spanning biomedical engineering and physics. She specializes in developing innovative polymeric and nanocomposite materials for biomedical applications, notably adapting polymers from solar panels into photothermal agents for combating cancer and bacteria. With extensive experience in collaborative research, she has a proven record of managing teams, developing protocols, and overseeing projects from the lab to patient applications.