Andrew Tsourkas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
George H. Stephenson Term Chair of Bioengineering
Assistant Director, Program in Targeted Therapeutics
Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)

Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: 215-898-8167
Fax: 215-573-2071
Office Location:110 Hayden Hall (map)
Lab Location: 330 Skirkanich Hall (map)
E-mail: atsourk@seas.upenn.edu

EDUCATION:           

Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, GT/Emory Joint BME Program, May 2002      

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Whiting School of Engineering                       
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, May 1999           

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering                       
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, May 1997                       

POST-DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE:

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology           
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, August 2002-August 2004

Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Postdoctoral Research Associate, May 2002-August 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department of Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, September 2004-Present

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department of Radiology
Assistant Professor of Radiology in Bioengineering, 2005-Present

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME)
Member, 2005-Present

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)
Member, 2006-Present
           
Vivonetics, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Co-founder, Scientific Advisory Board Member, March 2002-Present

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Early Career Award, 2005-2007, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
NIH Training Grant, 2002-2004, National Institute of Health
SAIC Student Paper Competition Winner, 2002, Science Applications Int.
BMES Graduate Student Award, 2001, Biomedical Engineering Society
CETL/BP Outstanding TA Award Nominee, 2001, Georgia Tech
George Fellowship, 2000-2001, Georgia Institute of Technology
NSF Honorable Mention, 1999-2000, National Science Foundation
Abel Wolman Fellowship, 1997-1998, Johns Hopkins University
McManus Award - Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 1997, Cornell
Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society 1996, Cornell University
Pi Tau Sigma - National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity, 1996, Cornell University
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996, Cornell University
Delta Phi Educational Fund Scholarship, 1994-1997, Delta Phi Fraternity