Leah received her B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Tufts University, with a minor in Biotechnology. Her undergraduate research focused on hydrogel scaffold development for type II diabetes-targeted optogenetic cell therapy, and she has industry experience in gene therapy and monoclonal antibody bioprocess engineering. Leah currently studies the development and impacts of senescent cancer-associated fibroblasts in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment through a mechanobiological lens. Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading, swimming, baking, and spending time with family.