Casim A. Sarkar (Principal Investigator)
Research Interests
Molecular cell engineering: protein engineering; ligand/receptor binding and trafficking; cell signaling and decision making; computational, synthetic, and systems biology.Education
1997 - 2002PhD in Chemical Engineering with Minor in Computational Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. 1993 - 1997
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Professional Experience
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA2008 - 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.University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 - 2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry.Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
2000 Intern, Pharmaceutics.Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1997 - 2002 Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering.Selected Honors and Distinctions
2009Selected 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. 
