Kelly joined the Research Triangle MRSEC in Fall 2015 and oversees the overall technical operation of the Center. She works with the steering and education committee in expanding education initiatives & PREM collaobrations; provides proposal and annual report coordination / oversight, as well as attending national meetings on behalf of Center leadership. Kelly has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and was an IRACDA Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioengineering at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) with Dr. Tejal Desai.