Marley Dewey

Research

Dr. Marley Dewey earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maine (2012) and her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2021). During her graduate career, she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (NSF-GRFP), won various image of research contests, and was awarded the Annual Innovation Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis (University of Illinois). As a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Brendan Harley, she modified the mechanical, immunological, osteogenic, and antimicrobial properties mineralized collagen scaffolds for enhanced repair of large-scale, craniomaxillofacial bone defects. After her graduate career, she worked as a postdoc in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Badylak at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. There she was awarded an NIH TL1 Clinical and Translational Science Fellowship for the use of a new class of extracellular vesicle (matrix-bound nanovesicles) for optic nerve repair. Dr. Dewey's lab aims to combine biomaterials with extracellular vesicles for skeletal repair and disease treatment, including broader impacts in marine biology.

Mentoring Priorities

"My mentorship style involves establishment of the basics such as techniques, concepts, and reasoning behind experiments, then developing these foundational skills into independence and allowing my students to develop their own creative research ideas. I foster a culture between mentees and my group of respect, diversity of thoughts and opinions, honesty, and growth from each other's unique experiences."