[6] Korley served a Climo Associate Professor in the Department of macromolecular science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University from 2007.

Her research involves nature-inspired design, so-called biomimicry, of mechanically enhanced tunable materials.

[7][8][9] At Case Western Reserve University her laboratory was called M-cubed (mechanically enhanced, multi-functional materials).

[10] In 2013 Korley became an Academic Careers in Engineering & Science (ACES) ADVANCE Opportunity Grant awardee.

[6][15] At the University of Delaware Korley is Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE).

[16][17] She has investigated the molecular structure of the sea cucumber, caddisfly silk and the extracellular matrix in an effort to design materials for soft robotics, food packaging and scratch-resistant coatings.

In 2021, Korley began collaborating with Thomas Epps III to innovate catalytic methods to upcycle plastics into added-value high-performance materials.