As a chemical and biological engineer specializing in mechanobiology, I employ multidisciplinary approaches to understand the interactions between cancer cells and their surrounding microenvironment. On a broader scale, I care deeply about STEM education and outreach, health equity, and the intersection between art and science.
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Education & Training
2024-current AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation
2020-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
Biophysical Engineering Lab (Adviser: Dennis Discher)
2020, Ph.D. Princeton University, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tissue Morphodynamics Group (Adviser: Celeste Nelson)
2014, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University
Recent Awards
& Invited Talks
2023 MIT ChemE Rising Stars
2023 Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar at University of Washington
2022 NSF Center for Engineering Mechanobiology (CEMB) Trainee Pilot Award, University of Pennsylvania, Collaborator: Guy Genin, Washington University in St. Louis
2017 Predoctoral Fellowship, New Jersey Commission on Research, NJ DOH