Research Overview
Post-Doctoral
In the Kaplan Lab at Tufts University, Mariah is working on Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for applications in drug delivery, sensing, and tissue engineering.
Undergraduate
Mariah started her research career in 2015 at the Univerity of New Hampshire with Dr. Jeffrey Halpern. During her time she published two first-author papers. In addition, Mariah was the laboratory manager and helped set up the research lab.
Doctoral
Mariah conducted her Ph.D. studies at Carninee Mellon Univerity under the advisement of Dr. Kathryn Whitehead from 2018 to 2024. During her tenure, Mariah was an NSF GRFP and NIH F31 fellow. Her research focused on understanding lipid nanoparticle interaction with the immune system and chemistry's impact on delivery outcomes.
Engineering Education
In 2018, Mariah created an engineering education reseach project focused on understanding the best mentoring practices in undergraduate reseach for those in the neurodivergent community. This reseach was continued by Dr. Jeffrey Halpern at UNH, and Mariah now acts as a Co- Principle investigator on the project.