Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
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2023 - Present
Biomedical Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Recent Scholarly Works
In vivo imaging of metabolic heterogeneity across three endpoints relevant to aggressive breast cancer.
Journal article PNAS Nexus · March 2026 Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor prognosis and a high likelihood of recurrence. Residual disease after therapy is a key predictor of recurrence, often driven by intratumoral metabolic heterogeneity. A ... Full text Link to item CiteMulti-probe Metabolic Fluorescence Microscopy Captures Poor Tumor Immunogenicity
Conference Optical Molecular Probes Imaging and Drug Delivery Omp 2025 in Proceedings Optica Biophotonics Congress 2025 Part of Optica Biophotonics Congress Optics in the Life Sciences · January 1, 2025 Visualizing complex tumor-immune metabolic interactions is imperative to understanding cancer progression. Cocultures of 4T1 tumor cells and CD8+ T cells were imaged for glucose uptake and mitochondrial metabolism. Results point to poor immunogenic tumor p ... Full text CiteIgnite: Place-based Community-centered Design to Promote Biomedical Engineering Efficacy
Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Conference Proceedings · January 1, 2025 This study evaluates the impact of Ignite’s Health programming, an informal engineering experience designed for middle and high school students and facilitated by Duke University undergraduate students. Participants design health-related projects such as p ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
A single shot therapy will accelerate the elimination of breast cancer
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2024 - 2028Development of CapCell Scope for Metabolic Imaging of Tissue Heterogeneity and Therapy Response
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · 2019 - 2028Ignite: Place-Based Human Centered Design Framework to Promote Engineering and Community-Identity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2024 - 2027View All Grants
Education
Duke University ·
2020
Ph.D.