Jessica Winter is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She is a current member of the AIChE Board of Directors, Past Chair of Chemical Engineering Technical Operating Council (CTOC) (2017-22), former chair of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (NSEF) (2009-2019), and current member of the Public Affairs and Information Committee (PAIC). She has previously advocated for science funding and infrastructure on behalf of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) and the American Physical Society (APS), including presentations to or testifying before congressional committees multiple times. She has also been published by “The Hill” a top political website. Her research interests include nanoparticles for cancer imaging, diagnostics, and drug delivery; and cell migration in the brain tumor microenvironment. She is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Core Quantum Technologies, a company commercializing nanoparticle reagents for cancer diagnostics. She was named TechColumbus Innovator of the Year, Columbus Business First 40 under 40, and Columbus Business First 20 People to Know in Technology. In addition, she has received the American Physical Society (APS) Five Sigma Award for her work in Science Advocacy, American Chemical Society (ACS) Rising Star Award and the Engineering DesignNews Golden Mouse Trap Rising Star Award; she was named to Top 25 STEM professors in Ohio; and is a fellow of the AIChE, BMES, AAAS, AIMBE, the RSC, and senior member of the IEEE.