Summer L. Gibbs-Strauss received the B.S. degree in biochemistry from Whitworth College, Spokane, WA, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, in 2008. She was involved with the methodology assessment of fluorescence imaging of glioma tumors with endogenous and exogenous contrast agents, specifically examining the accuracy for detection and therapy monitoring of microinvasive xenograft models as compared to bulk tumors. She is currently a Research Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, where she is engaged in the development of near-infrared fluorescent contrast agents and near-infrared fluorescence image-guided surgery.