Elisa Harrison received a B.S. from Florida State University in Chemical-Biomedical Engineering in April 2012. She participated in two undergraduate research experiences at FSU including a tissue engineering laboratory under Dr. Teng Ma and a protein engineering laboratory under Dr. Anant Paravastu. Elisa received Honors in the Major after defending a thesis based on a year and a half of research involving the characterization of a protein using solid-state NMR.

Elisa joined the Castner group in January 2013. She is working on using self-assembled monolayer (SAM) substrates to covalently immobilize proteins to the surface in a specific orientation and using XPS and ToF-SIMS to analyze the surfaces.

Outside the lab, Elisa enjoys cooking, reading, and exploring the city.