Medicine & Health

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• Professional Experience
  • 2014-present Editor-in-Chief, Biomaterials
  • 2014-present, Samuel Y Sheng Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2015-present Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University
  • 2006-2014 Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Professor, Division of Experimental Surgery, School of Medicine, Duke University
  • 2008-2011 Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore
  • 1999-2006 Principal Investigator, Division of Johns Hopkins in Singapore
  • 1998-2006 Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • 1998-2004 Program Director and Technical Advisor to Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore 1991-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • 1990-2005 Director of Master Program in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • 1986-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Professional Affiliations
  • Society for Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering Society

   

• Honors & Awards
  • 2024, Elected Member (Inaugural Class) of Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering
  • 2024, IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
  • 2023, IEEE-EMBS Career Achievement Award
  • 2022, Chandra P Sharma Award, Society of Biomaterials, Artificial Organs, India
  • 2022, Founders Award of Society for Biomaterials
  • 2022, IEEE-EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) Technical Achievement Award
  • 2020, CAB Global Biomaterials Leadership Award
  • 2019, Elected Member of the International Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
  • 2020, Elected Member of the USA National Academy of Medicine
  • 2017, Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
  • 2016, Chinese Academy of Sciences President Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists
  • 2014-present, Editor-in-Chief: Biomaterials
  • 2014, Elected Member of the USA National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014, International Journal of Nanomedicine Distinguished Scientist Award
  • 2014, Samuel Y. Sheng Professorship of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2013, Elected Member of the USA National Academy of Engineering
  • 2012, Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials
  • 2010, Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award
  • 2007, James B. Duke Professorship of Biomedical Engineering
  • 1998, Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • 1997, CRS-Cygnus Recognition Award
  • 1996-2001, Capsugel Award on Innovative Aspects of Controlled Release Research, CRS
  • 1996, CRS-3M Pharmaceuticals Recognition Award
  • 1995, The Chinese-American Chemical Society Award for Recognition of Pioneering Contributions in Polymer Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
  • 1994, Young Investigator Research Achievement Award of Controlled Release Society
  • 1994, Excellence in Guidance of Graduate Student Research, Controlled Release Society
  • 1993, CRS-Proctor & Gamble Recognition Award
• Education
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Professional Affiliations
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)    
  • American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
  • Genetics Society of America (GSA)
       
• Honors & Awards
  • Sloan Research Fellowship, 2022
  • Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, 2018
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2018
  • Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship, 2016                                                      
  • Burroughs Welcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, 2013
  • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011                         
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2007
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, 2004   
• Education
  • PhD, Applied Physics, Harvard University
  • MA, Applied Physics, Harvard University
  • BA, Physics, University of Chicago

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• Professional Experience
  • Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014–
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University, 2017–
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–2016
  • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011
  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001–2005

   

• Professional Affiliations
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Materials Research Society
  • Society of Experimental Mechanics
  • American Chemical Society
  • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Honors & Awards
  • William E. Hitselberger Memorial Lectureship from The American Neurotology Society, 2015
  • International Journal of Plasticity Young Research Award, 2012
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2006
  • Department of Energy Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award, 2006
  • Frontiers of Engineering Program at National Academy of Engineering, 2003
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2001

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• Professional Affiliations
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • International Society for Computational Biology
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Honors & Awards
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2014
  • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University, 2001
  • IEEE Fellow, 1998
  • National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1986-1991
  • IBM Invention Achievement Award, 1983
  • IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, 1982
• Professional Experience
  • Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–
  • Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1992-
  • Acting Chairman, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, Sept.-Dec. 1999
  • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1985–1992
  • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1983–1985
  • Research Staff Member, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1978-1983
• Education
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
  • MS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

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• Professional Affiliations
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • American Chemical Society
• Professional Experience
  • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
  • Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2017–2023
• Education
  • PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
  • BS, Chemistry, Rice University

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• Professional Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2024-
• Professional Affliliations

  International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Junior Fellow
  •    Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
  •    Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)     
  •    Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  •    American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR)

• Honors & Awards
  • F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant Award, 2023
  • T32 Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship from NHLBI, 2023
  • Colburn Best Dissertation 2023 Award, University of Delaware
  • NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award, 2022
  • Junior Fellow, ISMRM, 2022
  • F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant Award, 2020
• Education
  • PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware
  • MBA, University of Delaware

• Professional Experience
  • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI), Columbia University, 2020-
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2013-2020
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco. 2010-2013
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Language and Speech Processing, Johns Hopkins University, 2008-2010
• Honors & Awards
  • 2022 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award
  • 2022 Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering
  • 2019 Top-10 Health Innovation of the Year award, Health Innovations magazine
  • 2019 Top-10 breakthroughs of the year award, Institute of Physics
  • 2018 & 2019 Grand prize winner at NYC Media Lab
  • 2018 Young Investigator Award, Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience, San
  • 2018 Top 10 most significant and promising tech innovators of the year award, UNICEF
  • 2016, National Science Foundation (NSF), Faculty Early Career Development Award
  • 2015, Pew Charitable Trust, Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences Award
  • 2015, Research Initiatives in Science and Engineering Award (RISE)
  • 2015, Kavli Institute for Brain Science Award          
  • 2005, George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
• Education
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

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• Professional Experience
  • 2019- Director, Center for Dental and Craniofacial Research, Columbia University
  • 2019- Professor of Dental Medicine, Columbia University
  • 2018- Affiliate member, Mortimer B Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University
  • 2017- University Professor, Columbia University
  • 2016 - Honorary Professor, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2015- Faculty, Center for Human Development, Columbia University
  • 2014- Faculty, Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University
  • 2011- The Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2011- Professor of Medical Sciences, Columbia University
  • 2011 Biomedical Engineering track of Mayo Graduate Faculty, Mayo Clinic
  • 2005- Professor, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • 2005 Director, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Columbia University
  • 2005- Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard-MIT Division for Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge MA
  • 2009- Honorary Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade
  • 2009- Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  • 2009- Co-director, Craniofacial Regeneration Center, Columbia University
  • 2002- Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering. Tufts University, Medford MA
  • 1994- Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
  • 1993–99 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia
  • 1993- Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia
  • 1993- Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge MA
  • 1992 Visiting Scientist, Harvard – MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
  • 1989 Visiting professor, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
• Professional Affiliations
  • American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Fellow
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
  • Biomaterials Research Society
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Fellow
  • International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), Fellow
  • International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
  • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
  • Society For Biomaterials (SFB)
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS), officer
• Honors & Awards
  • 2023- Elected to the Royal Society of Canada – Academy of Science
  • 2023 –    Technology Venture Ambassador
  • 2023- Rosalind Franklin Society and Mary Ann Liebert Inc., the best paper in Stem Cells and Development
  • 2023    NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on Novel Alternative Methods to Animal Testing (ACD-WG)
  • 2023 –     Vice-president of the Belgrade University Alumni Association
  • 2022    BIOS Top 50 Academic Life Science Entrepreneurs
  • 2022    National Academy of Engineering, Chair of Section 2: Bioengineering;
  • 2021    Lifetime Achievement Award, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS)
  • 2021    Featured in “Narratives on Discovery”, Rut Charon
  • 2021 Fellow, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE)
  • 2021    Life Sciences Power 50
  • 2021 Pierre Galletti Award, AIMBE's highest honor
  • 2020 Order of Karadjordje Star, Serbia’s highest honor
  • 2020    Featured in “Invincible Women: Conversations with 21 Inspiring and Successful American Immigrants” by Bilha Fisch
  • 2020 Petit Distinguished Lecture, Georgia Institute if Technology and Emory, Atlanta
  • 2019 Person of the year in Serbia
  • 2019 Award of the NCATS-ASPIRE Design Challenge for Biological Assays for Translational Innovation in Pain, Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose (with Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard, Joriene de Nooij and Naveed Tavakol)
  • 2019 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2019- HHMI Scientific Review Board
  • 2019 Innovation and Commercialization Award, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society of the Americas (TERMIS)
  • 2019 AIChE Rock Stars of Regenerative Engineering
  • 2019 Shu Chien Achievement Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • 2019 Birnberg Medal, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University
  • 2019 Advisory Council of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
  • 2018 – Advisory Council of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
  • 2017-2020    Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), Board of Directors; Chair of the Science and Technology Committee
  • 2017 Robert A. Pritzker Award for 2017, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • 2017 NIBIB National Advisory Council speaker, NIH, January 24, 2017.
  • 2017-2018    American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Chair of the College of Fellows
  • 2017 Doctorate Honoris Causa, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2016-2017 Chair, College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIBME)
  • 2016 –2018    Board of Directors, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  • 2016-2022    “Cardiac Contractility, Hypertrophy, and Failure” study section, permanent member; resigned effective May 22, 2018 following election to the NIBIB National Advisory Council
  • 2016 Award of the Materials Research Society of Serbia for Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Material Science and Engineering
  • 2015 Bioengineering Peer Committee, National Academy of Engineering
  • 2014 Election to the National Academy of Inventors    
  • 2014 Election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 Election to the National Academy of Medicine
  • 2014 Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014          
  • 2013 National Academy of Engineering, Executive Committee, Section for Bioengineering; Fritz J and Dolores H Russ Prize Committee
  • 2013 Founding Class of the International Fellows of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • 2012 Election to the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2012 Election to the Academia Europea
  • 2012 Election to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2012 Election to the Serbian National Academy of Engineering
  • 2012 Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • 2010 Clemson award of the Society of Biomaterials “for significant contributions to the literature on the science or technology of biomaterials”
  • 2009 Election to the New York Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 Hall of Fame, Women in Technology International (one of 5 leaders in science and technology in 2008)
  • 2008- 2010    Chair, NIH Study section on Biomaterials and Biointerfaces (BMBI)
  • 2008 US Section Head, Musculoskeletal Repair & Regeneration Section, Faculty 1000 of Medicine
  • 2007 NIH Director’s lecture, the first woman engineer to receive this distinction
  • 2004 Outstanding Performance Medal, World Congress of in vitro Biology
  • 2004-2006 Three Space Act Awards, NASA, for patents
  • 2000 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Fellow
  • 1997 Medal of recognition, Centennial of the Serbian Chemical Society, Belgrade YU
  • 1996 – 97 Space study of cartilage tissue engineering aboard “Mir”, in collaboration with NASA Johnson Space Center (co-lead of the 13-member team, with LE Freed); the longest cell experiment ever conducted in space; study reported in PNAS)
• Education
  • Fulbright Fellowship, MIT, Cambridge MA
  • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Belgrade University
  • MS, Chemical Engineering, Belgrade Universit\
  • BS, Chemical Engineering, Belgrade University
  • Doctorate in engineering honoris causa, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Doctorate in Science Honoris Causa, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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• Honors & Awards
  • Herbert Irving Cancer Center Emerging Leader Development Program, 2023
  • Cell Press: Matter Feature, 35+1 under 35 in Materials Science, 2023
  • Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Champion, Stanford University, 2022
  • Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2021
  • Soft Matter for All Early Career Speaker, Princeton University & University of Delaware, 2021
  • UNITE Featured Speaker, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2021
  • PMSE Future Faculty Scholar, American Chemical Society, 2021
  • Rising Stars in Engineering in Health, Columbia University, 2020
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32), National Cancer Institute 2019
  • Siebel Scholar, Siebel Foundation, 2018
  • Sloan University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2016
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2012
  • Lemelson Engineering Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
  • Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
  • Science, Technology and Research Scholar, Yale University, 2012
• Professional Experience
  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
• Education
  • PhD, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BS, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
• Professional Affiliations
  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Society for Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering Society
  • American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering
  • LatinXinBME
     

Additional Information

• Honors & Awards
  • Time Magazine Best Inventions of the Year (2023)
  • Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2016)
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2016)
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2015)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award (2013)
• Professional Experience
  • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (affiliated), Columbia University, 2021 - present
  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (affiliated), Columbia University, 2014 - 2021
  • Senior Research Scientist, Google, 2013 - 2014
  • Research Scientist, Willow Garage Inc., 2009 - 2013

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• Professional Experience
  • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–Present
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Columbia University, 2023-Present
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacology, Columbia University, 2010–2023
  • Director, Center for Genome Technology and Biomolecular Engineering, Columbia University, 2003–Present
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 2005–Present
  • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 1999–2005
  • Senior Scientist and Director, Chemistry and Assay Development, Incyte Genomics, Inc., 1995–1999
• Honors & Awards
  • Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, 2018.
  • The Department of Chemistry Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Southern California, 2023
  • Top 20 Translational Researchers of 2019 & 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Distinguished Fundamental Research Award for Next Generation DNA
  • Sequencing Research & Development. Next Generation Sequencing
  • Research and Development Association, China, 2017.
  • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011.
  • Outstanding Chinese Scholar Achievement Award, Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association, 2004.
  • Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2001-2006.
  • US Department of Energy, Human Genome Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995.
• Education
  • PhD, University of Southern California
  • MS, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • BS, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inner Mongolia University, China