Lara Ann Estroff
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| Alma mater | Swarthmore College Yale University |
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| Institutions | Cornell University Harvard University Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Thesis | Bio-inspired supramolecular control of inorganic crystal growth (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew D. Hamilton |
Lara Ann Estroff is an American materials scientist who is a professor at Cornell University. Her research considers the study and design of biomaterials.
Estroff was an undergraduate student at Swarthmore College, where she majored in chemistry and anthropology.[1] As a college student, she played soccer.[2] Estroff then worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science, alongside Lia Addadi,[3][4] where she started investigating biomineralization and how chemical approaches could be used to solve challenges in archaeology.[citation needed] Estroff returned to the United States for doctoral research, joining the laboratory of Andrew D. Hamilton where she worked on the synthesis of organic superstructures that were inspired by biology.[5] These molecules can be used to control the growth of inorganic crystals. Estroff moved to Harvard University as an National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow with George M. Whitesides.[6][7]
In 2005, Estroff joined Cornell University, where she was made professor in 2019.[6] Estroff studies biomaterials and the growth of crystals.[8] She is particularly interested in the process of biomineralization.[9] Estroff studies micro-calcification: small, calcium-laced deposits that are associated with the formation of some cancers, including breast tumors.[10] She creates spatially resolved images of the composition of calcifications using tissue biopsies to better understand the chemistry within the local environment when the biocrystals started to grow.[10]
Estroff was appointed faculty advisor for the "Women in Materials Science and Engineering" program at Cornell in 2007.[11] She was elected Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell in 2020.[10]
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