Kelsey Swingle, PhD

Dr. Kelsey Swingle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University. She completed her B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. During her undergraduate research studies in the laboratory of Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta, Kelsey designed and evaluated platelet-mimicking nanoparticles for augmenting hemostasis in animal models of traumatic bleeding. At the University of Pennsylvania, Kelsey continued to explore her passion for drug delivery through her dissertation research focused on the design of RNA lipid nanoparticles for treating pregnancy disorders. Dr. Kelsey Swingle engineered lipid-based nanoparticle technologies for drug delivery to reproductive tissues such as the placenta for the treatment of pre-eclampsia. She also led collaborative, interdisciplinary research efforts towards evaluating emerging nucleic acid constructs as vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. At Rice University, Dr. Swingle is part of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad and the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies, helping to facilitate the translation of therapeutic technologies for global health challenges that affect women from her lab to the clinic.