University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor
Miller Faculty Scholar
Vice Chair for Graduate Education
Chemical Engineering
B-28 G072W NCRC
2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800(734) 936-0856
University of Pennsylvania
PhD Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ’04
MSE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ’00
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
BSE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ’99
Due to their high specific interaction with their counter-receptors and their carefully regulated expression (limit to inflammation), leukocyte-endothelium adhesion molecules (LECAM) are attractive molecules for vascular targeting in human diseases in which inflammation plays a role. Our research goal is to use knowledge of the cellular inflammatory response and blood flow dynamics to design bio-functionalized particles for targeted drug delivery and imaging.
Work in the lab is divided into 3 major groups:
University of Michigan
Chemical Engineering Department
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Professor, 2017-present
Associate Professor, 2014-2017
Assistant Professor, 2006-2014
Baylor College of Medicine
Pediatrics/Leukocyte Biology
Houston, Texas, 2004-2006
Undergraduate ChE Courses
ChE 230 – Material and Energy Balance, Fall 2009, Fall 2010
ChE 342 – Mass and Heat Transfer, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Student Projects
Graduate ChE Courses
ChE 696 – Engineering Principle in Drug Delivery and Targeting, Winter 2010
Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, 2017
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow, 2017
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Women’s Initiatives Committee’s Mentorship Excellence Award, 2017
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Minority Affairs Committee’s William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering, 2017
Raymond J. and Monica E. Schultz Outreach and Diversity Award, 2017
College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award (2016)
The University of Michigan
NAE Frontier of Engineering Education, Selected Participant (2012)
Provost Teaching Innovation Award (2012)
The University of Michigan
Departmental Research Achievement Award (2012)
Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan
NSF CAREER (2011)
National Science Foundation
Innovator Award (2010)
American Heart Association
Scientist Development Grant (2007)
American Heart Association
University of Michigan Rackham Faculty Development Grant, 2006
APS/NIDDK Travel Fellowship Awards: EB, 2006
Baylor College of Medicine NIH T32 Training Grant in Lung Disease, 2004 – 2006
Janice Lumpkin Awards For Excellence in Arts & Sciences, 2003
NASA Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2004
GEM Masters Fellowship in Engineering, 1999
UMBC Meyerhoff Scholarship, 1997-1999
UMBC MARC U* STAR Scholar, 1998 – 1999