Research:
I use mechanical testing, materials characterization, and deep learning to study how type 2 diabetes affects human bone fragility. My current work is examining the effects of advanced glycation endproducts on microdamage accumulation and fatigue lifetime in human bone.

Education:
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2021
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 2021-Present

Associations:
Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
Hospital for Special Surgery. New York, NY.

Hometown:
Knoxville, TN

Interests:
Rock climbing, Cooking, Electronic Music, Basketball, Anime

Publications:
1. Quinton Wright , Erika Chiapparelli, Jennifer Shue, Kobby Adu, Yi Xin Han, Andrew A. Sama, Federico P. Girardi, Frank P. Cammisa, Alexander P. Hughes, Eve Donnelly. “Greater collagen alignment is associated with accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts in iliac trabecular bone in men and women undergoing spine fusion surgery”. JBMR Plus, 9(9). 2025.
2. Olivia Blumberg*, Quinton Wright*, Ryan Breighner, Alexander Dash, Asher Lal, Zaina K. Mosalam, Donald McMahon, Matthew F. Koff, Jeri W. Nieves, Eve Donnelly, Emily M. Stein. “Bone Texture by Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging is Directly Related to Bone Tissue Maturity by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy”. JBMR Plus, 9(9). 2025. *Denotes equal contributors.
3. Erika Chiapparelli, Ali Guven, Quinton Wright, Ranqing Lan, Krizia Amoroso, Gisberto Evangelisti, Jan Hambrecht, Bruno Verna, Koki Tsuchiya, Jiaqi Zhu, Marco Burkhard, Jennifer Shue, Eve Donnelly, Andrew Sama, Federico P. Girardi, Frank P. Cammisa, Alexander P. Hughes. “Biomarkers for Preoperative Assessment of Bone Quality: A Prospective Investigation of Dermal Ultrasound parameters and Advanced Glycation Endproducts in Lumbar Fusion Patients”. Accepted by Ultrasound in Med & Bio (Aug 2025).
4. Brianna Musico, Quinton Wright, T. Zac Ward, Alexander Grutter, Elke Arenholz, Dustin Gilbert, David Mandrus, Veerle Keppens. “Tunable Magnetic Ordering through Cation Selection in Entropic Spinel Oxides”. Physical Review Materials 3(104416). 2019.
5. Brianna Musico, Quinton Wright, Cordell Delzer, T. Zac Ward, Claudia Rawn, David Mandrus, Veerle Keppens. “Comparison of synthesis methods and characterization of compositionally complex Ruddlesden–Popper type (5A)2Cu1O4 cuprate materials” The Journal of the American Ceramics Society 104, 3750. 2021.

Undergraduate Research Experiences:
“Synthesis and Characterization of Entropy-Stabilized Oxides,” University of Tennessee Department of Materials Science. 2018-2021.
“Development of a Free-Surface Electrospinner for Respirator Applications,” University of Tennessee Department of Materials Science. 2020-2021.
“Microfluidic Synthesis of Metal Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets,” Cleveland State University Department of Physics (REU Internship). 2019
“Conformational Dynamics G-Protein Coupled Receptors,” University of Tennessee Department of Biochemistry. 2020-2021.