Dr. Chambliss received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2009 and her Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 2014. Her doctoral work focused on cell signaling and response to mechanical forces through specific proteins that connect the cell nucleus to the cytoskeleton. Dr. Chambliss also completed a graduate internship in the biofuels industry, where she optimized analytical laboratory methods for assessment of enzyme activity. She entered the Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology's Clinical Chemistry Fellowship program in September 2014.