Position:
Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, Scientific Advisory Board at Achira Labs, Ltd., Co-founder and Board Member at Firefly BioWorks, Inc. at Firefly Bioworks, Inc.
Work:
MIT
since 2000
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Professor of Chemical Engineering
Achira Labs, Ltd.
- Bangalore, India since 2011
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Scientific Advisory Board
Firefly Bioworks, Inc.
- Cambridge, MA since Aug 2009
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Co-founder and Board Member at Firefly BioWorks, Inc.
Institute Curie, Paris
1997 - 2000
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Postdoctoral Associate
Education:
Stanford University 1992 - 1997
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania 1988 - 1992
BSE, Chemical Engineering
Interests:
Microfluidics, biodetection, diagnostics, complex fluids, rheology, single DNA molecule studies
Honor & Awards:
Singapore Research Professorship, 2013
Soft Matter Lectureship Award, 2012
Joliot Chair, ESPCI, 2009
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 2009
Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institute Curie Award, 2009
Van Ness Lectures at RPI, 2008
Lab on a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry and Corning Inc., Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize, 2008
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professorship, 2005-2007
University of Notre Dame Thiele Lectureship, 2006
U of DE Colburn Memorial Lecture, 2006
NSF-CAREER Award, 2003
3-M Innovation Fund Award, 2003
Polypops Innovation Award, 2001
Fondation de la Recherche Medical Postdoctoral Grant, 1999-2000
Institut Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999
Chateaubriand Fellowship, 1997-1998
Stanford University's Lieberman Fellowship, 1996-1997
Awards:
Soft Matter Lectureship Award
Royal Society of Chemistry