Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Rochester, she was an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University, and also held a visiting scientist position in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Langer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. She completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch directed by Dr. Rocky S. Tuan within the NIAMS. She received her PhD in Biomaterials and Macromolecular Science and Engineering (in the laboratory of Dr. Peter X. Ma) and her BSE in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.