• Assistant Professor
• Associate Director, Dual Degree Engineering Program
• Education Director, Louisiana Engineering Advancement Program (LEAP)
Research Interests: Material Characterization; Soft Matter Physics; Nanosystems imaging. My research interests lie at the interface of materials science, biology and engineering, particularly in the advanced characterization of nanostructures and biosystems (AFM, SEM, Raman, PFM); synthesis, fabrication and assembly of nanomaterials; mechanical and electrical propeties of nano and biomaterials; and cellular mechanics.