Two Women Join the Faculty of the Brown University School of Engineering

Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has announced the hiring of six new faculty to its School of Engineering. The new hires bring the total number of faculty members at the engineering school to 49. Two of the six new hires are women.

Kareen Kreutziger has been conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on cardiac tissue engineering, muscle mechanics, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Kreutziger is a graduate of the University of Rochester, where she majored in bioengineering. She holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Washington.

Anita Shuka has been serving as a National Institutes of Health Ruth Kirschstein postdoctoral fellow in the department of bioengineering at Rice University in Houston. Her research will focus on designing innovative biomaterials for applications in drug delivery and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Shuka is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she majored in chemical and biomedical engineering. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.