Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Campus Representative to the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium

Education
Duke University, B.S.E.
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical Engineering

University of Virginia, Ph.D.
Center for Applied Biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Post-Doc
National Space Biomedical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Honors & Awards
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Harold M. Frost Young Investigator Award- 2014

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence- 2014

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Scholar Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates- 2011, 2014

Funded Research Studies

Bone Strength Changes from Simulated Galactic Cosmic Radiation
(NASA Award # 80NSSC21K1506)

Bone Strength Changes from Exposure to Acute and Protracted Proton Radiation
(NASA Award # 80NSSC24K0247)

Insights Into the Impacts of Continuous, Low Dose-Rate Neutron Radiation Exposure on Maternal and Fetal Skeletal Physiology (Co-I with Dr. Heather Allaway)
(NASA Award # 80NSSC23K0784)

A time course of bone microarchitectural and material property changes in male and female mice during simulated unloading and spaceflight (Co-I with Dr. Heather Allaway)
(NASA Award #: TBD)

RESEARCH AREAS

Computation Modeling

Biomechanical Testing

Materials Characterization

Injury Biomechanics