Ariana Levitt

Ariana Levitt is a Lead Material Innovator at Nike, focusing on NXT Apparel Materials since October 2021. Prior experience includes serving as a Scientist in the Polymer Science and Materials Chemistry Practice at Exponent from July 2020 to August 2021, and as a Graduate Student Researcher at Drexel University from September 2015 to June 2020, where research centered on developing fibers and yarns for wearable energy storage applications. Ariana has also held positions as a Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University, worked as an Undergraduate Researcher at Cornell University and Georgetown University, and received multiple fellowships, including the NSF-GROW Fellowship and an NSF REU Fellowship. Ariana holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, completed in 2020, and a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University.