Christa has over a decade of experience conducting research related to platelet biology and platelet-inspired approaches in nanomedicine.  Christa received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. As a graduate student and postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Sen Gupta's laboratory, she was lead researcher responsible for the design, fabrication and evaluation of the hemostatic capabilities (both in vitro and in vivo) of the SynthoPlate technology.