She received her BS in chemical engineering from the Cooper Union in 2002. She received her PhD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007 under the guidance of Professor Karen Gleason. From 2007-2009, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University working under the guidance of Professor George Whitesides. Her current research interests include polymer coatings and thin films, chemical vapor deposition, ionic liquids, and microfluidics. She has co-authored 34 manuscripts and 3 patents in these topic areas. She has received several awards including an ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award in 2012, the Jack Munushian Early Career Chair, and a NSF CAREER Award in 2013.