Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Kathryn Whitehead is a Professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Her lab develops drug delivery systems for RNA, proteins, and applications in maternal and infant health. She obtained bachelor and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering (Univ. of Delaware; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) before an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT. Prof. Whitehead is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the DARPA Director’s Fellowship, and the ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award. She has also received the Controlled Release Society’s Young Investigator Award and served on its Board of Directors. Recently, she gave a TED talk on the lipid nanoparticles (i.e., “fat balls”) used in the in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Her publications have been cited over 8,000 times, and several of her patents have been licensed and sublicensed for reagent and therapeutic use.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM US PST
