Education

2012    Postdoc, Materials Science and Biological Engineering, MIT (HHMI)

2008    Ph.D., Bioengineering, Rice University

2002    BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Honors/Awards

2023    Controlled Release Society Samyang Award in Honor of Sung Wan Kim

2023    The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow

2022    Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, University of Michigan.

2022    Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

2022    Biointerfaces Institute Innovator Award

2019     Winner of Grand Prize in Innovate Michigan Competition for EVOQ Therapeutics

2018    American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Emerging Leader Award

2018    ANNIC Mid-Career Nanotechnology Scientific Award

2017    CMBE Young Innovator

2017    University of Michigan Senior Forbes Scholar

2017    Rice University Outstanding Bioengineering Alumnus Award

2017    Emerald Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award

2016    National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2016    DoD CDMRP Career Development Award

2015    Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award

2014    American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists New Investigator Award

2013    Recipient of John Gideon Searle Assistant Professorship

2012   NIH/NIAID K22 Research Scholar Development and Faculty Transition Award

2012    American Association of Immunologists Trainee Award

2011    IEEE-EMBS Wyss Institute Award for Translational Research

2010    Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award

2008    Mary F.D. Morse Graduate Fellowship Award

2007    Graduate Student Research Award, North American Vascular Biology Organization

2006    Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Award