Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University, where she also serves as associate director of the MRSEC Center for Emergent Materials. She received her PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation at the Boston VA Hospital. Her research interests include nanoparticle synthesis and assembly for biological applications and development of polymeric materials for the brain.