Monica L. Ohnsorg, Ph.D.
Incoming Assistant Professor at UW Madison | January 2026
Monica L. Ohnsorg, Ph.D.
Incoming Assistant Professor at UW Madison | January 2026
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Incoming Assistant Professor at UW Madison | January 2026
Dr. Monica L. Ohnsorg will start as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison in January 2026!
Dr. Monica L. Ohnsorg will start as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison in January 2026!
She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, working in the lab of Prof. Kristi S. Anseth. She is studying the nonlinear elastic properties of bottlebrush polymer networks, utilizing these hydrogels as a culture platform to understand how strain-stiffening microenvironments influence the morphology, mechanotransduction, and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells and other multicellular constructs.
She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, working in the lab of Prof. Kristi S. Anseth. She is studying the nonlinear elastic properties of bottlebrush polymer networks, utilizing these hydrogels as a culture platform to understand how strain-stiffening microenvironments influence the morphology, mechanotransduction, and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells and other multicellular constructs.
In 2021, she earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, where she was co-advised by Profs. Theresa M. Reineke and Frank S. Bates. During her doctoral studies as a NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow, she investigated bottlebrush polymer excipients to solubilize small molecule therapeutics, aiming to improve oral drug delivery.
In 2021, she earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, where she was co-advised by Profs. Theresa M. Reineke and Frank S. Bates. During her doctoral studies as a NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow, she investigated bottlebrush polymer excipients to solubilize small molecule therapeutics, aiming to improve oral drug delivery.
In 2016, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hope College with an ACS certified B.S. in Chemistry with minors in Engineering and Mathematics. There as a Beckman Scholar working with Prof. Mary E. Anderson, she conducted research investigating the mechanisms through which metal-organic framework thin films assembled when deposited layer-by-layer.
In 2016, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hope College with an ACS certified B.S. in Chemistry with minors in Engineering and Mathematics. There as a Beckman Scholar working with Prof. Mary E. Anderson, she conducted research investigating the mechanisms through which metal-organic framework thin films assembled when deposited layer-by-layer.
Dr. Ohnsorg is excited to establish and lead an interdisciplinary research lab investigating scientific questions at the interface of polymer chemistry, biomaterials, and extracellular matrix engineering.
Dr. Ohnsorg is excited to establish and lead an interdisciplinary research lab investigating scientific questions at the interface of polymer chemistry, biomaterials, and extracellular matrix engineering.
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