Computational Engineering & AI

Additional Information

• Professional Affiliations
  • Co-Founder, Rover Diagnostics and Rover Labs, 2019-Present
  • Co-Founder, Harlem Biospace (biotech incubator started with NYC’s Mayor’s Office), 2013
  • Co-Founder and Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Claros Diagnostics (sold in 2011 to OPKO Health, NYSE: OPK), 2004-2011
• Honors & Awards
  • Inducted Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2016
  • Thiele Lectureship Award, University of Notre Dame, 2015
  • Kjeldgaard International Lectures in Molecular Biology, Aarhus Denmark, 2013
  • Runner-up, Wall Street Journal Innovation Award in Medical Devices, 2011
  • NASA Launch, one of ten innovators in human health and sustainability, 2010
  • MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, 2010
  • Invited attendee, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, UC Irvine
  • Wallace H. Coulter Early Career Award Phase II, 2008
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2008
  • Invited participant, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering, Seattle, 2007
  • Walter H. Coulter Early Career Award, 2006
  • American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, 2006
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship (postdoc), 2004-2005
  • Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2002
  • Delegate, International Achievement Summit, Dublin, Ireland (1 of 200 graduate students in the world from all disciplines chosen to attend), 2002
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship, 1997-2002
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship B, 1999-2001
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship A, 1997-1999
  • Dean’s Silver Medal in Science, University of Alberta, 1997
  • Canada Scholar, 1993-1997
• Professional Experience
  • Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact, Columbia University, 2022-Present
  • Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016-Present
  • Faculty Co-Director of Entrepreneurship, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University, 2014-2023
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011-2016
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2005-2011