ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS: 

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Graduate Fellow (1986 -1991). Biomedical and Environmental Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  Development of analytical spectroscopic and fiber optic sensor instrumentation. Concurrently, Managing Editor of SPECTRA, a semi-annual mass spectrometry journal published by Finnigan Corp.  

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Postdoctoral Fellow (1991-92). Microtechnology Center, LLNL. 

 

Visiting Scholar (1991- 93) Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley. 

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Principal Engineer (1992-1997). Microtechnology Center, LLNL. Research and development of microinstrumentation for analytical biotechnology and actuator-based medical devices.  

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor (1993-1996). Dept. of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco Medical School. 

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Consulting Assistant Professor (1996-2002). Center for Integrated Systems (CIS), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University.  

 

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE: 

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• As a graduate student, laboratory instructor for: Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Anatomy, and Human Anatomy.  

• UCLA Extension, Department of Engineering, Information Sciences and Technical Management (3-day course, 1995, 96, 97). MEMS for Medical and Biotechnological Applications. Course coordinator and co-instructor. 

• SPIE Short Course, 1997, MEMS for Medical and Biotechnological Applications. Course coordinator and co-instructor. 

• Thiel Foundation adviser and Mentor “20 under 20” Fellowship Program and Breakout Labs, April 2012-Present. 

• Recent (Fall, 2020) invited lectures on entrepreneurism Cal. State U. Monterey Bay (BUS 310-02) Entrepreneurship, and Biotechnology for Agriculture (BIO 306) 

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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:  

• NSF-NATO Advanced Study Institute (1988, 1990). Biological Spectroscopy, Loutraki, Greece and Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media, Izmir, Turkey. 

• Graduate Fellowship (1988, 1990-91). Associated Western Universities/U.S.D.O.E.   

• National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (1991, not accepted). 

• R and D 100 Award, (1998), for the Cepheid Smart Cycler Instrument.  

• INC. Magazine Award (2009-2010). One of fastest growing 5000 small companies in US.  

• Entrepreneur’s Hall of Fame (2012), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). www.llnl.gov › News › News Center › News Releases 

• Innovator Award - Engineering In Medicine (2012), University of California, Davis. College of Engineering (http://engineering.ucdavis.edu/go/50years/innovators.html) 

• Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE.org) 2013 

• Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE.edu), 2013 – present 

• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC.com), 2013 - present 

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PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS:  

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American Optical Society (OSA), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). 

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology), the Society For Minimally 

Invasive Therapy (SMIT), and the International Society for Endovascular Surgery (ISES), 

American Academy of Asthma, Allergies, and Immunology (AAAAI), National Defense Industry Association (NDIA). National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE). Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK.  

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REVIEW COMMITTEES AND PANELS:

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1. Study Section Committee (Ad Hoc), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Human Genome Research, Washington, D.C., June 17-18, 1996.  

2. Panelist, Future of DNA Technology in The Criminal Justice System, National Institutes of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., June, 14-15, 1996.  

3. Co-Chairman, Chem/Bio Panel, DoD Advanced Research and Experimental Sensing (ARES) Burton Richter (Nobel Laureate, Chairman). 1997. 

4. Editorial Board, Biomedical Microdevices, Kluwar Academic, 1997-present.  

5. Invitee, Workshop on MicroChemical Systems and Their Applications, Sponsored by ARO and DARPA. June 16-18, 1999 Wash. D.C.  

6. Appointed to National Academy of Sciences (NAS)/Research Council (NRC). Committee on the Future of Biotechnology for the Army. 1999. 

7. Expert Witness, National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Biothreats for Agriculture (2004)  

8. Policy Board Member of the Center for Biochemical Optoelectronic Microsystems (CBOM), Harvard and Cornell Universities, 2001-2004 

9. Panelist, National Academy of Sciences (NAS)/Research Council (NRC). 2001. Committee on the Biological Threats to Animals and Agriculture.  

10. Program Reviewer, National Science Foundation of Ireland, 2003 

11. Proposal Reviewer, National Science and Engineering Research Center (NSERC), 2004 

12. Founding Member, Steering Committee Member, Conference Chairman, uTAS (microTotal Analysis Systems), Chemical and Biological Microsystem Society (CBMS). (1996 - present).  

13. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Scientific and Technical Evaluation Council (SciTEC) (2011-2013).  

14. Committee Member, National Academy of Sciences, Board on Life Sciences, BioWatch PCR Assays: Building Confidence, Ensuring Reliability. National Academy Press.(2017) Paperback: 978-0-309-13971-7  Ebook: 978-0-309-18763-3, doi.org/10.17226/12668

15. National Academy of Science Review Panel of NIST Physical Measurements Laboratory. May 2018- January 2019. 

 

JOURNAL REVIEWER: 

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J. Applied Fluids, Bio/techniques, Nucleic Acids Res., Science, American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Nature/Biotechnology.  

 

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT REVIEWER: 

• Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States Paperback: 978-0-309-28655-8, Ebook: 978-0-309-28658-9 doi.org/

10.17226/18358 (2013) 

• Environmental Chemicals, the Human Microbiome, and Health Risk: A Research Strategy, ISBN 978-0-309-46869-5 | doi.org 10.17226/24960 (2018) 

• Advancing Understanding of the Implications of Environmental-Chemical Interactions with the Human Microbiomes doi.org/10.17226/24960 (2018). 

• The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM. Doi.org/10.17226/25568 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019954507. (2019)