Education

B. Ch. E. – Chemical Engineering and B.S. University of Minnesota (1997)
Ph.D. – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Northwestern University (2004)
Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign

Professional interests

Some of my projects include “Cloned pig model for studying the clinical application of stem cell therapeutics after myocardial infarction” and “High-Throughput Stem Cell Procurement and Purification for Cell-Based Therapies.”

Honors

• Whitaker Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (1998-2003)
• Gramm Travel Fellowship (2003)
• IGB Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Theme (2005-current)