Sarah Lauren Landrum is a graduate assistant at The University of Southern Mississippi, where involvement in the Patton Research Group has enabled meaningful research in degradable polymeric networks and polymer nanocomposites. Previously, Sarah served as a graduate research assistant at Virginia Tech and as an undergraduate research assistant at The University of Southern Mississippi. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from The University of Southern Mississippi and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech.