Biography and Expertise

Our lab works at the interface of engineering design, surface science, and biology and applies these principles in two broad areas: 1) the development of improved drug delivery strategies for the treatment and prevention of infections and 2) the enhancement our fundamental understanding of interactions between foreign material (both environmental aerosols and drug delivery systems) and biological environments.

Research Interests

  • Treatments for Persistent Bacterial Infections in the Lungs
  • Treatments for Chronic Wound Infections
  • Synthetic Mucus to Study Biointeractions
  • Aerosol Interactions with Lung Fluids


Keywords: Drug delivery, polymeric biomaterials, nano and microtechnology, airborne infectious diseases

Expertise:

  • Biological & Pharmaceutical
  • Polymers & Advanced Materials

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Associations

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education
Controlled Release Society
Society of Women Engineers
Tau Beta Pi

Organizational Affiliations

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Education

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2004, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Chemical Engineering
1998, BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst