William R. McLain Endowed Term Professor
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2009 – Present
Contact: julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu
Education
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, June 2007.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, April 2001.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow.
Department of Chemical Engineering. July 2007–09.
Awards
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2021)
American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Award (2021)
Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: 2021 CIOS Award (2021)
Fall 2021 Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll, Georgia Tech (2012)
Georgia Tech Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award (2018)
T.C. Graham Prize, Association for Iron and Steel Technology(2018)
Junior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2015)
Outstanding Advisor- BioEngineering Program (2014)
CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2013)
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011)
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2001)
University of Michigan Marion Sarah Parker Scholar (1999)
University of Michigan Regents Scholarship (1997)
Activities
Organizing Committee, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Nanoagents Section (2020-23)
2nd Vice Chair, 1st Vice Chair, Chair, Past Chair, Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2019-23 )
Co-Chair, 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Pre-Clinical Form and Formulation (2019-23)
Standing member, Gene and Drug Delivery Study Section, NIH (2019-23)
Co-Section Editor, Drug Delivery Section of Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2018- )
Exchange Delegate, 7th Chinese Chemical Society-Polymer Division/American Chemical Society-Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Joint Symposium on Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering (2017)
Co-Chair, 2018 International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Singapore (2016-18)
Organizing Committee, 2016 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2015-16)
Director, Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014-16)
Participant, US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering (2013)
Advisory Board Member, Georgia Tech NIH T32 Biomaterials Training Grant (2012-20 )
Member, Society for Biomaterials (2010- )
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2006- )
Member, American Chemical Society (1999- )
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (2009- )
Co-chair, Bionanotechnology Division 22b, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2010- )
Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow (2010-11)
Women in Engineering, Georgia Tech (2010- )
Funding Sources
National Science Foundation
Georgia Tech Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation