Laura is graduated from VCU Forensics Science program in 2004. She completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. Laura started in nanotech by way of a small dissertation project on nanomaterials for refraction contrast imaging that led to an internship with Lux in nanotech business intelligence, and subsequently an internship with COIN (Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology).