Dr. Amanda Brooks received her Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming in 2006 in Molecular Biology. She completed her postdoctoral training at both the University of California San Diego and the University of Utah. She was an Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Science at North Dakota State University from 2014 to 2020. She is currently the Director of Research and an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at Rocky Vista University. Dr. Brooks’ research interests lie in controlled drug delivery, particularly for orthopedics, and the development of new biocompatible materials.