"Brianna Dillon Thomas, Ph.D. [specialized] in Condensed Matter Theory in Purdue's Physics department. She [also] holds a M.S. in Physics from Purdue and a B.S. in Applied Physics with a Minor in Mathematics from Grove City, PA College. She participated in summer research programs at University of California, Davis and Lehigh University during her undergraduate career. Her research interests are in two dimensional disordered electron systems and physics education research."