Dr. Adriana Dawes is a faculty member at The Ohio State University where she holds a joint appointment in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Molecular Genetics. Dr. Dawes’ research tightly weaves experimental and theoretical approaches to better understand how biochemical, mechanical, and geometric features interact and regulate each other to give rise to a functional cell. Dr. Dawes is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award and has also been funded by NIH and private foundations including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.