Kristen Moffat- Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering 

Moffat worked on innovative tissue engineering projects using stratified layers of polymers and ceramics to reconnect tendons and ligaments to bones. She conducted her research in the Biomaterial and Interface Tissue Engineering Laboratory (BITEL) under the guidance of Professor Helen Lu. In 2008 she won the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine's Young Investigator Award, and was a recipient of an NSF GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellowship.