I am both a licensed professional engineer and a physician. The goal of my work is to improve human health through the application of engineering analysis. My background spans industry and academia, and my experience includes medical device and biotechnology product development, preclinical trials, clinical trials and intellectual property. Currently I am focused on training of the next generation of biomedical innovators.

I engage students in product design for medicine.  I engage students in clinical immersion experiences so that students can apply their skills in entrepreneurship, business, science, engineering, and public policy to identify unmet clinical needs; predict human disease patterns; and prevent, treat and cure illness. In turn, I use examples from clinical medicine, drug delivery and biomaterials in my teaching to illustrate concepts of thermodynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena. I believe that physicians and engineers must be motivated by societal benefit and therefore I am motivated by stopping the world’s leading killers.

Over the course of my career, I have taught students and worked with colleagues from diverse fields, including philosophy, history, linguistics, international development, political science, entrepreneurship, finance, art, science and engineering. I am committed to the idea that individuals from all backgrounds can contribute to medicine, and I encourage prospective students from all academic backgrounds to contact me to discuss educational opportunities and research projects.