6/88-8/88: National Institutes of Health Summer Research Fellow, Lab of Physical Biology, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD.

6/91-6/92: Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Thesis Advisor: A.L. Babb).

7/92-6/94: Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Advisor: J.B. Bassingthwaighte).

7/94-7/95: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Advisor: M.P. Hlastala)

7/95-6/00: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA.

7/00-6/04: Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA.

10/00-present: Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.

5/02-present: William J. Link Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.

7/04-present: Professor (with tenure), Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA.

AWARDS

Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), NHLBI (1994).

Whitaker Graduate Student Award (1994).

Caroline Tum Suden Professional Opportunity Award in Physiology (1994).

Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year, Engineering Student Council, UC-Irvine (1997).

Excellence in Undergraduate Education and Innovation Award, Div. of Undergrad. Educ., UC-Irvine (1997).

School of Engineering Outstanding Professor of the Year, UC-Irvine (1998)

Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Integrative Physiology ($15,000) (1998).

FIRST Award, National Institutes of Health (1998)

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1999)

Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching, UCI Academic Senate ($1,000) (1999).

PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers) Award, NSF (1999)

HONORS

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (1986).

Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society (1986).

Chemical Engineering Departmental Honors Program, Northwestern University (1986).

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (1990).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member (1997)
American Physiological Society - Regular member (1994)
Biomedical Engineering Society - Member (1993)
American Thoracic Society - Full member (1997)

Last Updated: 7/09/2004