Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Nanomechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms in ultra-strong materials | Mechanics of disordered materials | Elastic strain engineering of transport phenomena | Tunable and efficient solid state energy conversion | Interface engineering of nanocrystalline materials for mechanical stability and damage tolerance | Quantitative in situ electron, X-ray, and light microscopy | Experimental materials science and instrument development