Dr. Leppert is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of California - Merced. Dr. Leppert received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Her research interests include Electron microscopy, nanomaterials for application in technology and the environment. She serves as a faculty advisor for the CMMB IGERT which is in partnership with the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Valerie Leppert (2013), "[Illinois] The Role of Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry in Alveolar Macrophage Inflammatory Response," https://nanohub.org/resources/19092.

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2. GEM4
3. Illinois
4. Medical
5. medicine
6. nano
7. NanoBio Node at Illinois