Credentials

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, Juris Doctor (J.D.), Order of the Coif; Chicago-Kent Law Review; Journal of Intellectual Property, 2021, magna cum laude
  • Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering, 2009
  • Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Materials Science & Engineering, 2003

  • Illinois
  • North Carolina
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Writing I (2018), Legal Writing III (2020), Patent Office Practice (2020), and Native American Law (2021)
  • Chicago-Kent Legal Scholar, 2019
  • Chicago-Kent 1L Fellowship in Intellectual Property, 2018
  • Co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 8,529,928 entitled “Biomimetic polymers and uses thereof”