Conference Speakers

Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill. She received a B.S. from Clemson University in Biosystems Engineering and a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in Bioengineering. Dr. Brown performed postdoctoral studies in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and she was an American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Brown joined the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the UNC Chapel Hill in 2015. Her research focuses on developing novel microgel-based materials for a variety of biomedical applications including augmentation of hemostasis, enhanced wound healing, evaluation and modulation of cellular mechanotransduction and development of biosynthetic constructs for regenerative medicine. Dr. Brown’s research has been supported by a variety of sources including NIH, NSF, AHA, and DOD. Dr. Brown has served in leadership roles for several national societies including the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB), Society for Biomaterials (SFB), and Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES); she currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer Elect for SFB. Dr. Brown’s work has been recognized by several awards. She has received the NSF CAREER Award, the Young Investigator Award from both the American Society for Matrix Biology and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine-AM Societies in 2020, and the Mid-Career Award from the Society for Biomaterials in 2022. In 2023 she was named an AIMBE and AHA Fellow and was recognized as one of Georgia Tech’s 40 under 40 alumni. Due to Dr. Brown’s interest in translating microgel-based materials into clinical use, she founded Selsym Biotech, Inc. in 2019, which is a start-up company focused on development of hemostatic and pro-healing therapeutics. Dr. Brown also serves as the co-director for the Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State.