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Professor, Bioengineering Professor, Mechanical Engineering Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Research Description
Molecular and Multiscale Biomechanics; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Statistical Machine Learning; Computational Precision Health; Microbiome; Personalized Medicine
Education
- 1999 Ph.D., University of Toronto
- 1994 M.A.Sc., University of Waterloo
- 1991 B.A.Sc., Sharif University of Technology
Experience & Training
- 2023-present Core Faculty, UCSF-UC Berkeley Computational Precision Health Graduate Group
- 2014-2015 Faculty Co-Director, Berkeley-UCSF Master of Translational Medicine (MTM) Program
- 2013-present Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2012-present Faculty Scientist, Molecular Biophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- 2012-2014 Faculty Director, UC Berkeley Master of Bioengineering (M.Eng) Program
- 2012-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2011 Visiting Professor, Department of Bioengineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2010-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2005-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2002-2004 Principal Research Scientist, Biological and Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- 2000-2002 Post-Doc, MIT and Harvard Medical School/Mass. General Hospital
- 1999-2000 Post-Doc, Computer Science Department, University of Toronto
Honors & Awards
- 2020 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grantee for the Universal Flu Vaccine Grand Challenge
- 2018 Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 2016 AHA National Innovator Research Award
- 2015 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
- 2014 Presidential Chair Fellow (in Curriculum Enrichment)
- 2012 National Academy of Engineering Invitee to ‘Frontiers’ Symposium
- 2012 Minner Faculty Fellow (in Engineering Ethics)
- 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 2008 Hellman Faculty Fund Award, UC Berkeley
- 2007 Co-leader of Molecular Biomechanics Group, Summit of Biomechanics
- 2006 University of California Berkeley Futures
- 2005 University of California Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellow
- 2002 Runner-up for American Society of Biomechanics Award, World Congress of Biomechanics