Dr. Biswal joined the Rice University faculty in 2006. She was educated and trained at Caltech, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. Dr. Biswal’s research focuses on soft matter such as colloids, polymers, lipids, and surfactants. As part of this effort, Dr. Biswal uses microfluidic systems to study the complex multiphase flow and its impact on foam stability with applications in enhanced oil recovery. Her teaching interests are in areas of mass and energy balances, polymer physics, and transport phenomena.