Elizabeth Nance

Elizabeth Nance is an American chemical engineer. She has held the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship at the University of Washington since September 2015.^[2] Her primary research interests are "disease-directed engineering, nanomedicine-based and nanometabolic-based platform development, systems thinking to assess and model therapeutic barriers in treating disease, and biological transport phenomena".^[2]

Elizabeth Nance
Nance in 2020
Citizenship	American
Education	B.S., North Carolina State University, 2006 PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Justin Hanes, PhD[1]

Education

Nance earned her bachelor of science degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering at North Carolina State University in 2006 and her PhD in chemical engineering at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in 2012.^[2] She then did postdoctoral work at JHU.^[1][3] 'Forbes 30 under 30 in Science and Medicine' named her the "most disruptive, game-changing and innovative young personalities in science".^[3]

Dr. Kenneth Ford credited Nance with developing "the first nanoparticles that can penetrate deep within the brain" while she was working on her doctorate.^[4][5][6][7] Such particles can "successfully target specific regions and cells within the brain" and what changes might affect a drug's usefulness and develop ways to overcome barriers. This required getting past what is called the blood-brain barrier, which requires a multidisciplinary team effort.^[8][9]

Honors and awards

Nance was awarded the PECASE (Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers) award in 2019.^[9] On 15 May 2016, she was one of the TED conference speakers on the topic "In Motion". This talk focused on changes in human activity in Seattle.^[10] She was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the "30 Under 30 for Science & Medicine" in 2015.^[1][2][3] Her other awards include:

• Controlled Release Society Paper of the Year (2015)^[2][3]
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at Scientific Interfaces Awardee (2014-2019)^[1][2][3]
• Johns Hopkins Center for Nanomedicine Award for Research Excellence (2014, 2013)^[2]
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Scientific Award (2014)^[2]
• Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine Annual Research Award (2013)^[2]
• Hartwell Foundation Fellowship (2013-2015)^[1][2][3]

References

1. "Special Seminar - Dr. Elizabeth Nance". University of Utah Department of Engineering. January 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
2. "Elizabeth Nance". University of Washington. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
3. "Elizabeth Nance". University of Washington College of Engineering. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
4. Dr. Ken Ford and Dr. Dawn Kernagis (August 28, 2018). "STEM-Talk Episode 71 Elizabeth Nance" (Podcast). Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Event occurs at 13:52. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
5. "Elizabeth Nance, 29". Forbes. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
6. "Johns Hopkins postdoc recognized as rising star by 'Forbes' magazine". Johns Hopkins University. January 5, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
7. "Improved Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs Into Brain". Johns Hopkins University. September 11, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
8. "Dr Elizabeth Nance – The Role of Nanoparticles in Neuroscience". Scientia. July 12, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
9. Snair, Megan (November 20, 2019). "PECASE Honoree Elizabeth Nance Highlights the Importance of Collaboration in Nanotechnology". National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
10. "In Motion". TED Talks. May 15, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

External links

• Elizabeth Nance publications indexed by Google Scholar