Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

  • Bioinformatics
  • Genomics and Computational Modeling
  • Personalized Medicine and Patient-specific Modeling
  • Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2021-
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Associate Member, Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, 2021-
    • Member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2021-
  • Honors & Awards
    • Allen Institute Distinguished Investigator Award, 2023
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
    • NIH NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award, 2021
    • NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2012
  • Education
    • PhD, Biology, MIT
    • BS, Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Research Areas

  • Cell & Tissue Engineering
  • Drug Delivery
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
  • Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University (with tenure), 2023-present
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University (tenure track), 2020-2023
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbi University, 2016-2020
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Member, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, 2016 - present  
    • Member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, 2016 - present  
  • Honors & Awards
    • CZI Biohub Investigator, 2025
    • AIMBE Fellow, 2025
    • Research Rebel Award, Charlie Teo Foundation, 2024
    • Pershing Square Sohn Prize, 2020
    • Lloyd J. Old STARs Award from Cancer Research Institute (CRI), 2020
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2019
    • ALCF Young Innovators Team Awards (YITA) with Dr. Arpaia, 2018
    • Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Award, 2017
    • Department of Defense Era of Hope Scholar Award, 2016
    • NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2015
    • TED Fellow, 2015
    • New England Biolabs Passion in Science Award, 2014
    • NIH Research Service Award (F32/NRSA), 2012
    • Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DoE CSGF), 2006
    • Arnold and Mabel Beckman Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2002
    • California Governor's Math and Science Scholar, 2001

  • Education
    • PhD, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
    • BS, Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • BS, Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • BS, Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Areas

  • Functional Biomaterials
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Stem Cells
  • Piezoelectric Materials

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2022- present
    • Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2020-2022
    • Professor, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2011-2020
    • Director of the Graduate Program, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2012-2016
    • Associate Professor (with Tenure), Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 2006 –2011
    • Interim Chairperson, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2009 (one year)
    • Consultant for various biomedical companies, 2006 - present
    • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2001 – 2006
    • Senior Development Engineer, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2000-2001
    • Development Engineer II/Project Leader, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1999-2000
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Biomedical Engineering (BMES), member since 2006, fellow in 2017
    • Co-Chair of Annual Meeting, 2022
    • Secretary, 2022-2024
    • Board of Directors, 2019-2021
    • Awards Committee, 2016-2019
    • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), member since 2000
    • Member of the Awards and Recognition Committee, 2019-2021
    • Chair of BORN (Black Orthopaedic Research Network), 2024-present
    • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) – member since 2014
    • Member of the Nominating Committee, 2016-2019
    • Society for Biomaterials, member since 1996
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, 2021
    • 2019 Coretta Scott King Award, National Society of Black Engineers, NJIT Chapter
    • 2018 George Bugliarello Prize, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
    • 2018 Constance A. Murray Diversity Award, NJIT
    • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Fellow, 2017
    • Thomas Edison Patent Award, 2017
    • 2016 Technology Rising Star Award, 21st Women of Color STEM Conference
    • National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Biomaterials, Invited Attendee, 2016.
    • 12th Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - Collective Behavior: From Cells to Societies.
    • Invited Attendee, 2014
    • New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Award – 2013
    • New Jersey Institute of Technology Excellence in Research Prize and Medal - 2013
    • Global Grand Challenges Meeting (National Academy of Engineering) Invited Attendee, 2013
    • American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow, 2013
    • Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) – Educational Leadership Award, 2013
    • Coulter Foundation Translational Award - Phase II, 2011
    • Coulter Foundation Translational Award - Phase I, 2010
    • The Grio’s Top 100 (msnbc.com) - 2009
    • Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee (nominated by the Governor of Connecticut),
    • Member, 2008-2014
    • 40 Under 40 to Watch in 2008, Black Enterprise magazine, 2007
    • National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Program Committee, 2006
    • National Academy of Engineering, 2005 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Invited Attendee
    • 2005 Standout Scholar, Black Issues in Higher Education
    • People to Watch in 2005, The Star Ledger - 2005
    • Outstanding Scientist Award from the NJ Association for Biomedical Research - 2004
    • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - 2003
    • National Science Foundation Early CAREER Development Award - 2003
    • Solomon R. Pollock Research Award, University of Pennsylvania – 1999
  • Education
    • PhD, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
    • MSE, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
    • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Research Areas

  • Mechanobiology
  • Biomechanics
  • Cell and Tissue Engineering
  • Cell and Tissue Biomechanics
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Soft Tissue Engineering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Physical Chemistry

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Andrew Walz Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2013-
    • Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2011-2014
    • Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2002-
    • Vice-Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 1999-2002
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 1998–2002
    • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1996–2002
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1991-1996
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
    • Orthopedic Research Society (ORS)
    • Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI)
    • American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE)
    • U.S. National Committee on Biomechanics (USNCB)
  • Honors & Awards
    • H.R. Lissner Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017
    • OARSI Basic Science Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International, 2013
    • Columbia Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 2012
    • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, 2002
    • YC Fung Young Investigator Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

Research Areas

  • Bioinformatics
  • Cell & Tissue Engineering
  • Genomics and Computational Modeling
  • Personalized Medicine and Patient-specific Modeling
  • Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Causal Inference
  • Biology

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2017- International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) 2020
  • Honors & Awards
    • Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, 2025.
    • Early-Career Innovator in Science Award in Cancer Immunology, Takeda and the New York Academy of Sciences, 2024.
    • Allen Distinguished Investigator Award, Allen Institute, 2023.
    • NHGRI Award for Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics (R01), 2023.
    • CZI Science Leadership Award, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022.
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022.
    • Columbia Research Initiatives in Science & Engineering (RISE) Award, 2021.
    • Tri-Institutional Breakout Prize for Junior Investigators, Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2019.
    • NIH NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2018.
    • American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017.
    • IBM Best Student Paper Award, New England Statistics Symposium (NESS), 2014.
    • TEDMED Front Line Scholarship, 2014.
  • Professional Experience
    • Herbert & Florence Irving Associate Professor of Cancer Data Research, Columbia University, 2025 - present
    • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2025 - present
    • Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2020 - present
    • Affiliated Member, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, 2020 - present
    • Member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, 2020 - present
    • Herbert & Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research (in the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics), Columbia University, 2020 - 2024
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020 - 2024
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mentor: Dr. Dana Pe’er, 2016 - 2019
    • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, Dr. Dana Pe’er (moved to MSK), 2014 - 2016
    • Research Intern, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, Dr. Bill Bolosky. Summer 2014
    • Visiting Researcher, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Dr. Edoardo Airoldi, 2013-2014
    • Research Assistant, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, Dr. James Galagan. 2010-2014
  • Education
    • PhD, Bioinformatics, Boston University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Boston University
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

Why Pursue a Master's in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia?

At Columbia, experience the rigorous intellectual climate of an Ivy League institution coupled with the sense of community of a smaller college — all in the heart of a vibrant global city. 

As a student here, you’ll find:

  • Research opportunities: 
    Engage in research at the highest level. Join in faculty-led research projects in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Columbia University Medical Center. The department has particular research strengths in biomechanics, cellular and tissue engineering, artificial organs, regenerative medicine, auditory biophysics, biosignals and biomedical imaging, point-of-care diagnostics, and neural engineering.  
     
  • Innovation & entrepreneurship: 
    Gain unparalleled training and mentorship in medical technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Project-based courses in the design and commercialization of medical innovations offered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Columbia Business School, and other centers of expertise, provide you with a rich interdisciplinary educational experience. With a flourishing technology startup sector nearby and a network of pioneering alumni, Columbia is an ideal place to find inspiration and the resources to translate your ideas into marketable solutions. 
     
  • Groundbreaking faculty:
    Work with researchers, teachers, and scholars who are pushing innovation forward. Over 45 strong, our faculty includes numerous award recipients, individuals with deep industry experience, and researchers working on cutting-edge projects like using machine learning to study the microenvironment of tumors or developing biomaterials that can reprogram the body’s immune system to fight cancer, infection, and autoimmune disease. 
     
  • Open to diverse academic backgrounds:
    Take advantage of a flexible curriculum to transition to a focus on biomedical engineering from a related area of expertise. Students who have found success in the MS program have training in areas including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and different fields of engineering. 
     
  • Seven areas of study: Develop expertise in your area of interest, building on core biomedical engineering courses by selecting a concentration in Bioinformatics and Machine Learning; Neural Engineering; Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship; Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; and Robotics and Control of Biological Systems.

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Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Biosignals
  • Biomedical Image Analysis
  • Brain-Machine Interfaces
  • Personalized Medicine and Patient-specific Modeling
  • Wearable Devices
  • Signal Processing
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
    • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
    • Member, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    • Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
    • Member, Association for Computing Machinery
    • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Honors & Awards
    • Elected Fellow of IAMBE, 2023
    • DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, 2019
    • Elected Fellow of the AAAS, 2016
    • Elected Fellow of the IEEE, 2012
    • Elected editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2011
    • Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering  (AIMBE), 2009
    • Awarded Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, 2008
    • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002
    • Sarnoff Technical Achievement Award, 1996
  • Professional Experience
    • Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
    • Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-2023
    • Visiting professor, University of Glasgow, 2015-
    • Professor of biomedical engineering, Electrical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University, 2012-
    • Member, Graduate Group, Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, 2008-
    • Visiting scientist, RIKEN Brain Sciences Institute, JAPAN, 2008
    • Director, Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Engineering (LIINC), Columbia University, 2000-
    • Associate professor of biomedical engineering and radiology, Columbia University, 2000-2012
    • Head, Adaptive Image & Signal Processing Group, Sarnoff Research Center, 1997-2000
    • Technology leader, Adaptive Image & Signal Processing, Sarnoff Research Center, 1996-1997
    • Member of technical staff, Sarnoff Research Center, 1994-1996

Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Biomechanics
  • Biosignals
  • Biomedical image analysis
  • Sensor systems

Additional information

  • Education
    • PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • BA, Physics, Barnard College

Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Bioelectronics
  • Mechanobiology
  • Biomechanics
  • Biosignals
  • Cell & Tissue Engineering
  • Cell and Tissue Biomechanics

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Biomedical Engineering Society
    • Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    • National Neurotrauma Society
    • Guest Associate Editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Special Issue: “Impact and Injury Biomechanics”, 2024
    • Editorial Board, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2016 –
    • Associate Editor, BrainMultiphysics, 2020 –President, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2018 –
    • Council member, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2012 –
    • Associate editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2012 –     
    • Review editor, Frontiers in Neurotrauma, 2011, 2012
    • Associate editor, BMC Neuroscience, 2010 – 2013
    • Advisory Board member, Engineering Conferences International, 2006-2013
  • Honors & Awards
    • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2019
    • Elected President of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2018
    • Elected Vice President of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2015
    • Cover image, Journal of Neurotrauma for Hue, C.D., Cao, S., Haider, S.F., Vo, K. V., Effgen, G.B., Vogel, E.W., Panzer, M.B., Bass, C.R., Meaney, D.F., Morrison III, B., Blood-brain barrier dysfunction after primary blast injury in vitro, J. Neurotrauma, 2013, 30: 1652-1663.
    • Keynote speaker, annual meeting of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2009
    • Invited speaker, annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2010
    • Invited speaker, annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2006
    • The Kim Award for Student-Faculty Involvement, Columbia Engineering, 2006
    • John Paul Stapp Best Paper Award in the Stapp Car Crash Journal for 2003
    • Richard Skalak Best Paper Award in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering for 2000
    • The S.R. Pollack Award for Excellence in Graduate Bioengineering Research, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
    • Biomedical Engineering Society Graduate Student Research Award, 1999
    • First Place, National Neurotrauma Society Student Competition, 1999
    • Biomedical Engineering Society Travel Award, 1999
    • National Neurotrauma Society Travel Award, 1999
    • Ashton Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1997
  • Professional Experience
    • Vice Dean of Academic Programs, Columbia Engineering, 2024 –
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2016 –
    • Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Columbia Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2014 – 2024
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2012 – 2016
    • Vice Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2012 – 2014
    • Associate Professor (untenured) of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2008 – 2012
    • Director, Neurotrauma and Repair Laboratory, Columbia University, NY, 2004
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2003 – 2008
  • Education
    • PhD, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
    • MSE, Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
    • BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Research Areas

  • Interface Tissue Engineering and Engineering Complex Tissues
  • Multi-Functional and Inductive Biomaterial Design for Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation
  • Biomimetic Models to Elucidate Cell-Material Interactions
  • Mechanism of Biomineralization
  • Orthopaedic and Dental Biomaterials

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
    • Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
    • Tissue Engineering International and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS)
    • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)
    • Provost Leadership Fellow
    • Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award
    • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
    • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
    • Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
    • Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Faculty Career Award in Translational Research
    • Faculty Research Fellowship (Provost diversity initiatives), Columbia University
  • Professional Experience
    • Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014-
    • Director, Biomaterials and Interface Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Columbia University, 2001-
    • SEAS Chair of Tenure & Promotions, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Chair of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2010-15
    • Member, FF-SEAS Executive Committee, Columbia University, 2014–2015
    • Assistant Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Bioengineering, Columbia University, 2014–2015
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2007–2013
    • Associate Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Bioengineering, Columbia University, 2007–2013
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001–2006

Research Areas

  • Cell & Tissue Engineering
  • Genomics and Computational Modeling
  • Personalized Medicine and Patient-Specific Modeling

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022-
    • Herbert & Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research, Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, 2022-
    • Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Uppsala University, 2022-
    • Wallenberg Fellow, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2017 - 2022
    • Visiting Scientist, New York Genome Center, 2017 – 2022
    • Visiting Scientist, MIT, 2017 – 2022
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, 2017 - 2017
    • Graduate Fellow, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, 2012 - 2017
    • Research engineer, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2011 - 2012 
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Wallenberg Academy Fellow with the Royal Academy of Sciences and Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Honors & Awards
    • Wallenberg Academy Fellow,  2022-
    • Wallenberg Fellow for distinguished young Swedish researchers to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2017-2022
    • Fellow, SciLifeLab, 2023-
    • Invited lecture, American Association for Cancer Research, 2024
    • Invited lecture, Max Plank Society, Max Plank Institute for Molecular Genetics, 2024
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2023
    • Invited lecture, Allen Institute for Brain Research, Annual Cell Symposia, 2022       
    • Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas Technology working group, 2022       
    • Invited lecture, International Society for Stem Cell Research, 2022       
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2021       
    • Invited lecture, American Association for Cancer Research, 2021       
    • Klarman Cell Observatory symposia, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2020       
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2020       
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2020       
    • Young Investigator Grant, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, 2014 - 2019   
    • Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas, HCA, 2019       
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2019       
    • Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, 2018       
    • Invited lecture, Klarman Cell Observatory symposia, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018       
    • Invited presentation to Broad Institute Board of Scientific Counselors, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018
    • Invited presentation to Klarman Cell Observatory Board of Scientific Counselors, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018   
    • Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas, 2017       
    • Selected talk, Molecular Tri-Conference, 2015       
    • Shanghai Jiao Tong University Summer School scholarship, SJTU, 2014         
  • Education
    • PhD, Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    • MSc, Molecular Biomedicine, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    • BSc, Biotechnology, University of Zagreb