Beth was born and raised in upstate New York, and received her B.S. Degree in Chemistry and Biology from Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY) in 2006.  There, she conducted research focused on the synthesis of porphyrins, as well as on the total synthesis of natural products such as polyphenolic stilbenoids. After spending a year at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry working in the lab of Dr. Israel Cabasso at the Michael Szwarc Polymer Research Institute, she ventured to the University of Iowa for graduate school. At Iowa, Beth worked at the interface of organic synthesis, solid-state chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and photochemistry in the research group of Leonard R. MacGillivray, and received her Ph.D. in 2012. After graduation, Beth headed back to the great state of New York where she started as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at New York University working alongside Marcus Weck. At NYU, Beth utilized her background in organic synthesis and supramolecular chemistry to develop β-sheet-mimicking telechelic polymers for self-assembly and design reversibly-assembling colloidal matter.  

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Beth started her independent career in August of 2017 at Penn State University, where her group works at the interface of organic synthesis and polymer chemistry.