Angela K. Pannier received the B.S. degree and the M.S. degree in biological systems engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE, USA (in 2001 and 2002, respectively), and the Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, USA, in 2007. Hired in 2007 by University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an Assistant Professor, she is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at UNL (since July 2013) and a William E. Brooks Engineering Leadership Fellow. She has also been appointed a member of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, the Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials at UNL and a member of the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA. Dr. Pannier also holds a courtesy appointment in the Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program at UNMC. The author of over 25 peer-reviewed articles, and two book chapters, her research interests include modeling nonviral gene delivery, developing novel nonviral gene delivery systems, and biomaterials for embryological and tissue engineering applications. Dr. Pannier is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Biomedical Engineering Society, Society of Women Engineers, Institute of Biological Engineers, and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy.