1997 - 2002  |
PhD in Chemical Engineering with Minor in Computational Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
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| 1993 - 1997 |
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
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Professional Experience |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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| 2008 - present | Member, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group. |
| 2008 - present | Member, Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group. |
| 2008 - present | Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine. |
| 2006 - present | Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. |
| 2006 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. |
| 2006 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering.
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University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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| 2002 - 2005 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry.
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Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
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| 2000 | Intern, Pharmaceutics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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| 1997 - 2002 | Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering.
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Selected Honors and Distinctions |
| 2011 - 2016 | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation. |
| 2009 | Selected Participant, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference. |
| 2008 - 2012 | Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association. |
| 2003 - 2005 | NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health. |
| 1999 | Semifinalist, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition. |
| 1999 | Special Service Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT. |
| 1997 - 2002 | Graduate Fellowship, Fannie and John Hertz Foundation (accepted). |
| 1997 | Graduate Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (declined). |
| 1997 | Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation (declined). |
| 1997 | Graduate Fellowship, Whitaker Foundation (declined). |
| 1997 | BS, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1993 - 1997 | Ashland Oil Scholarship, National Society of Professional Engineers. |
