A bit of a city girl with a sprinkle of country charm, Amy has made her way from California to Korea, back to California, then to New York, Michigan, and now North Carolina (clearly, staying in one place isn’t her style). Before joining the Segura lab, Amy earned her B.S. in biomedical engineering from Binghamton University in upstate New York, class of 2024. Her passion for tissue engineering and biomimicry began in Dr. Kaiming Ye’s lab, where she worked with 3D-printed hydrogel models for pancreatic cancer research. Additionally, she took on a subproject focusing on hydrogel-stem cell technology for burn wound healing, which sparked her interest in regenerative medicine. Amy is excited to work in the Segura lab, where she’s investigating the beneficial properties and interactions of MAP and FLIP technologies within tissue environments. She aims to combine their unique attributes to develop innovative approaches for enhanced tissue regeneration and scarless skin wound healing. If you don’t see Amy in lab, she is probably testing out her latest experimental Korean food on other people, having the best nap of her life, or polishing her (non-existing) taekwondo skills.