Medicine & Health
Research Areas Biology Biomechanics Medicine Cartilage Tissue Engineering Osteoarthritis Mechanobiology Electrotherapeutics
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Professional Experience
Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023- Professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2009 Undergraduate chair of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2015-2020 Associate professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2002–2009 Assistant professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 1997–2002 Director, Biomedical Engineering: Physical Effects on Cells, summer high school course, School of Professional Studies (1999-2019)
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Bioengineering Division Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) International Combined Orthopedic Research Society (ICORS) Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award, ORS (2021) Fellow, ICORS (2019) Fellow, BMES (2018) Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research, ORS (2016) Fellow, ASME (2010) Fellow, AIMBE (2009) NEGMA-LERADS Prize; 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology of Cartilage and Chondrocyte, Brussels, Belgium (2003) Edward and Carole Kim Award for Faculty Involvement, FFSEAS, Columbia University (2002) Editor in Chief, Journal of Orthopaedic Research & Reviews (2009-) Associate Editor, Journal of Orthopaedic Research (2008-) Editorial Board, Tissue Engineering , Parts A, B and C (2011-2014, 2016-2019)
Education
PhD, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania MSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania ScB, Bioengineering, Brown University
Research Areas Bioinformatics Genomics and Computational Modeling Personalized Medicine and Patient-specific Modeling Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
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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 Computational Biology Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Computational Biology
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2024 - Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2019 - 2024 Core Faculty Member, New York Genome Center, 2019 - Interdisciplinary Appointee, Systems Biology, Columbia University, 2019 - Affiliate Member, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, 2019 -
Education
PhD, Information Engineering, University of Cambridge MSc, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Imperial College London BA & MEng, Information Engineering, University of Cambridge
Research Areas Cell & Tissue Engineering Drug Delivery Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
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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
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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 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Vision and Robotics Computational Neuroscience Natural Language and Conversational AIs
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Professor, Columbia University, Computer Science, 2021- Amazon Scholar, 2021- Research Director, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligene, 2018-2021 Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2009-2021 Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2001-2009 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2000-2001 Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Psychology & Computer Science, 1996-2000
Professional Affiliations
Advisory Board, Neural Information Processing Society (NeurIPS) Steering Committee, ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FaCCT) Conference
Honors & Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian AI Association, 2023 Test of Time Award, ICML, 2023 AI Chair, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (2020) Pioneers of AI, NVIDIA (2016)
Education
PhD, Computer Science, University of Toronto MS, Computer Science, University of Toronto BA, History and Science, Harvard University
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
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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
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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
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
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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 Chemical Reactions and Kinetics Biological and Life Science Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Chemical Reaction Engineering Energy Storage and Conversion Technology Environmental Engineering Gene and Drug Delivery Nanotechnology Sustainability Synthetic Biology Renewable Energy Biomolecular Engineering
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Professional Affiliations
Associate Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal Consulting Editorial Board, AIChE Journal
Honors & Awards
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Outstanding Alumni Award, Engineering & Information Technology, 2021 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2016 James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award, Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Division of the American Chemical Society, 2016 James D. Watson Investigator Program Award, New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), 2005
Professional Experience
Chair, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2022- Vice Chair, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2019-2022 Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2015- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2009-2015 Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2004-2009
Education
PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University BSE, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Areas Women's Health Maternal Health Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics Biological Modeling Biomechanics Human-Centered Design Mechanobiology
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Professional Experience
Associate professor of mechanical engineering, Columbia University, 2015– Assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Columbia University, 2010–2015
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Society of Reproductive Investigators
Honors & Awards
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House, 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Y.C. Fung Young Investigators Award, 2017 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2015
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institue of Technology MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institue of Technology BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Research Areas Biological and Life Science Engineering Synthetic Biology Stem Cell Engineering Biophysics
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Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020- Appointment in Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical School, 2020- Member, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, 2020- Affiliate Member, Zuckerman Institute, 2022-
Honors & Awards
NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, 2023 Allen Distinguished Investigator, 2023 Schaefer Research Scholar, 2023 Pew Biomedical Scholar, 2023 NIH Director's New Innovator, 2021 Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2017 Chancellor’s Thesis Prize, the Sorbonne Universities, 2016 Thesis prize from the French Nanoscience Society Nano-K, 2016 Yang Cao-Lan-Xian Best Thesis Award in Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2015 Albert J. Cross Prize for Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Departmental Citizenship, University of Chicago, 2014 Peter Kollman Award in High Performance Computing, American Chemical Society, 2012 Physical Sciences Division Teaching Prize, University of Chicago, 2012 Bronze Medal at the 37th International Chemistry Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
Education
PhD, Physics, University of Paris 7 PhD, Chemistry, The University of Chicago BS, Chemistry, University of Zagreb