[2] She applied for a job at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, but was convinced by her professor to she would enjoy graduate school.
[3] With Murphy, Obare developed a new approach to fabricate polystyrene and silica coated gold nanorods as templates for hollow nanotubes.
[4] Hollow nanotubes are useful for drug delivery, cell and enzyme transplantation, removal of contaminated waste and gene therapy.
[4] To create the gold nanorods, Obare used nanoparticles as a seed in a growth solution that contained cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, sodium hydroxide and ascorbic acid at a controlled pH (3.5).
[7] Obare was a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation fellow at Johns Hopkins University working under the supervision of Gerald Meyer.
[1] She believes that early authentic research is essential for underrepresented groups to gain rational view of the world.
[8] In October 2023, Obare was named the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.