Biography:
Research Interests:
- Developing therapeutic protein materials, where the protein is both the drug and the delivery system
- Engineering proteins to control and understand protein particle self-assembly
- Repurposing and engineering pathogenic proteins for human therapeutics
- Creating materials that mimic cell-cell interactions to modulate immunological functions for various applications, including inflammation, cancer, autoimmune disease, and vaccination
Disciplines:
- Biotechnology
- Materials and Nanotechnology
Education
B.S.E 2001, University of Michigan
Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Santa Barbara