Biography

In the spring of 2014, I finished my PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy in Cambridge as a Gates scholar, and member of Pembroke College. My research in the field of biomaterials - materials which are in contact with living tissue - has continued though several postdoctoral appointments in Europe and the US. This has included pioneering the use of new materials for bone regeneration, and solving complex manufacturing challenges related to nerve repair implants that guide repairing nerve across a lesion site, all with the focus of improving patient recovery. With an interest in the translation of biotechnology, I have served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Spartan Innovations (an affiliate of Michigan State University Foundation), and the CEO of a pre-clinical therapeutics company. Currently, I am an assistant professor at Michigan State University and engage with the entrepreneurial community as a biomedical engineering consultant.