She joined LAU in 2006. She received her undergraduate degree from the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg and her Master’s degree from Bowling Green State University, where she focused her studies on the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii. During her Ph.D. in Photochemical Sciences, Dr. Wex worked on the development, synthesis, spectroscopic and electronic characterization of new materials for optoelectronic device applications. For post-doctoral studies in device engineering, Dr. Wex went to the Flexible Display Center and School of Materials at Arizona State University, where she employed new materials in the preparation and development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.