Erica Perry Murray received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. She earned a BS in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, LaJolla, California. Presently, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University. Her research concerns the electrochemical behavior of electroceramic materials and the corrosion of complex metal alloys.