Eugenia Kharlampieva is a Professor of Polymer Chemistry and at the Department of Chemistry and College of Arts and Sciences Endowed Faculty Scholar at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology and postdoctoral training in Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research centers at the intersection of polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, and biomedical science to develop polymer materials for therapeutic applications. Dr. Kharlampieva received the NSF CAREER Award, the UAB Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship, UAB College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Innovation Award, and Faculty Innovator of the Year Award from the UAB Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.