Dr. Alina Rwei engineers smart therapeutic and diagnostic platforms for next-generation precision therapies. Her long-term research goal is to bridge clinical translation with scientific discoveries by interfacing biology, materials science, and engineering in biomedical innovations that will make a long-lasting impact in patients’ lives. She aims to increase the effectiveness of drug delivery systems using chemical and materials engineering, electronic engineering and cell biology approaches. Current fields of focus include: light-, ultrasound- and magnetically-triggered therapeutics for alleviating pain and combatting cancer, wearable electronics for personalized real-time diagnostics, and study of nanoparticle and cellular interactions for designs of effective targeted delivery systems.