13 Facts About Kristi Kiick

Kristi Lynn Kiick is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware.

Kristi Kiick is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and of the National Academy of Inventors.

Kristi Kiick served for nearly eight years as the deputy dean of the college of engineering at the University of Delaware.

Kristi Kiick was a Master's student at the University of Georgia, where she was awarded a National Science Foundation predoctoral fellowship, and joined Kimberly-Clark as a research scientist in 1992.

Kristi Kiick returned to academia for a second master's degree in polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Kristi Kiick completed her doctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellow.

Kristi Kiick completed her PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst on templated macromolecular synthesis in 2001 under the supervision of David A Tirrell, prior to starting her faculty position at the University of Delaware in 2001.

Kristi Kiick makes use of biomimetic self-assembly, bioconjugation and biosynthesis.

In particular, Kristi Kiick has worked on polymer-peptide macromolecular structures that can engage cellular targets.

Kristi Kiick has shown it is possible to selectively release small molecule cargo with a tuned release for applications in targeted drug-delivery and vascular grafts.

Kristi Kiick has developed resilin-like polypeptides, elastomeric materials that can be cross-linked using small molecules, as well as hydrogels that contain nanoparticles for targeting tumors and inflammatory conditions.

Kristi Kiick joined the faculty at the University of Delaware in 2001, and earned the rank of associate professor in 2007.

In 2011 Kristi Kiick was promoted to the rank of professor of materials science and engineering and named deputy dean of the University of Delaware's college of engineering.