As a chemical and biological engineer specializing in mechanobiology, I employ multidisciplinary approaches to understand the interactions between cells and their surrounding microenvironment.
On a broader scale, I care deeply about STEM education and outreach, women’s health, 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
2024 Future Leaders in Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania
2024 Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, AAAS
2024 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Soft and Living Matter, University of Pennsylvania
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