Education

California Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2000
M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1998
Minor in biology
Advisor: Mark E Davis

Stanford University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1996

Employment

Director of Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, 2023–present
Washington Research Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2020–present
Robert F. Rushmer Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2014–2020
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2009–2014
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2003–2009
Senior Scientist, Insert Therapeutics, 2000–2003

Awards and Honors

Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lectureship, University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering, 2024
Peter Speiser Award, ETH Zurich Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021
Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, University of Washington, 2018
Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2018
Faculty Research Award, UW College of Engineering, 2017
National Academy of Inventors Fellow, 2015
AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador, 2015
Outstanding Faculty Teacher/Mentor Award, UW Bioengineering, 2015
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow, 2015
Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award, 2014
Inaugural Biomaterials Science Lectureship, 2014
Undergraduate Mentor Award, University of Washington, 2008
Junior Faculty Innovator Award, UW College of Engineering, 2008
Distinguished Teacher/Mentor Award, UW Bioengineering, 2007
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2006
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Young Investigator Award, 2005
National Hemophilia Foundation Career Development Award, 2004
Marian E. Smith Junior Faculty Research Award, University of Washington, 2004
MIT Technology Review’s TR100 Award “Top 100 Young Innovators”, 2002
Everhart Lectureship Prize, California Institute of Technology, 2000
Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lectureship Prize, California Institute of Technology, 1998
Whitaker Foundation Doctoral Fellow, 1996
Phi Beta Kappa, 1995