Anne L van de Ven, PhD, is an Associate Teaching Professor of Physics at Northeastern University. Her research spans the fields of drug delivery, experimental nanotherapeutics, nanodiagnostics, and imaging. She works closely with a highly interdisciplinary group of leaders and emerging leaders to develop and translate platforms for improving patient care. Anne has published 36 peer-reviewed papers (>2900 citations) and authored grants totaling over $20M in awarded funds. Anne is the founding Director of Northeastern’s Nanomedicine Master’s and Certificate degree programs. As a passionate advocate for diversity in science and engineering, Anne has pioneered multiple initiatives to train students in low-resource settings and increase the diversity of the STEM workforce, including the Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions and the CaNCURE Cancer Nanomedicine Co-op Program. She is the recipient of the 2019 College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award for innovations in interdisciplinary teaching.