Prior to her appointment at URI, Mindy was an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Timothy Swager at MIT. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University, where she conducted research with Ronald Breslow studying the origin of homochirality. Mindy has published more than 30 papers in her independent career and has received close to $2 million in external research support. In her spare time, Mindy enjoys spending time with her three children, competing in triathlons, and conducting formal and informal science outreach.