UTD Bioengineer Seeks Deeper Understanding of Immune Cell Dynamics

Caroline Jones, PhD, MS

Dr. Caroline Jones, assistant professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to continue her research exploring the body’s reaction to disease.

In her research, Jones creates cell cultures in microenvironments to observe how neutrophils, a type of anti-inflammatory cell, behave in different tissues. Insights from these studies could lead to the development of mathematical models capable of predicting immune reactions, including potentially harmful inflammation.