PI Biography

2020 BioSketch

Education

  • Stanford University: Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2010 – 2014
  • Stanford University: M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009 – 2010
  • Washington University in Saint Louis: B.S. Department of Civil Engineering, 2005 – 2008

Academic Appointments

  • 2022-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA
  • 2022-Present, Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • 2016-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA
  • 2014-2016, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Awards

  • National Science Foundation Early Career Award (CAREER) 2022-2027
  • EU-US National Academies Frontiers of Engineering 2022
  • UC Davis Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award 2021
  • Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D award 2021-2024
  • Hellman Fellow 2018-2019
  • University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014-2016
  • Women in American Concrete Institute Award, 2015
  • The Stanford Wood’s Institute Rising Environmental Leaders Program, 2014
  • Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship, 2012-2014
  • Achievement Rewards for College Students Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2013
  • Leavell Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2012

Teaching

  • ECI 235: Cement Composites
  • ECI 239: Designing Materials and Systems for Sustainability
  • ECI 133: Structural Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
  • ENG 104: Mechanics of Materials