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Elizabeth Nance
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| Citizenship | American |
| Education | B.S., North Carolina State University, 2006 PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 |
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| Doctoral advisor | Justin Hanes, PhD |
Elizabeth Nance is an American chemical engineer. She is a professor at the University of Washington. She started working there in 2015. Dr. Nance studies how to use tiny particles, called nanoparticles, to treat diseases. She also looks at how these particles move inside the body. Her goal is to find better ways to deliver medicines.
Becoming a Scientist
Elizabeth Nance studied chemical and biomolecular engineering. She earned her first degree from North Carolina State University in 2006. Later, she got her PhD in chemical engineering in 2012. This was from Johns Hopkins University. After that, she continued her research there.
Forbes Magazine recognized her as a top young scientist. They named her one of the "30 Under 30 in Science and Medicine." This award goes to people who are changing their fields.
Breaking Through Barriers
While working on her PhD, Dr. Nance helped create something amazing. She developed the first tiny particles, called nanoparticles, that can go deep inside the brain. This was a big step forward in medicine.
These special particles can reach specific areas and cells in the brain. This helps scientists understand how medicines work. It also helps them find ways to get past the brain's natural defenses. Getting past the blood-brain barrier is very hard. It needs many different experts working together.
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Nance has received many important awards for her work. In 2019, she won the PECASE award. This stands for Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. It is a top award for young scientists in the United States.
In 2016, she gave a talk at the TED conference. Her talk was called "In Motion." She spoke about how people move around in Seattle.
Here are some of her other awards:
- Controlled Release Society Paper of the Year (2015)
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at Scientific Interfaces Awardee (2014-2019)
- Johns Hopkins Center for Nanomedicine Award for Research Excellence (2014, 2013)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Scientific Award (2014)
- Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine Annual Research Award (2013)
- Hartwell Foundation Fellowship (2013-2015)
