New Faculty

• BS, Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• MS, Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Experimental and computational tools for elucidating microbial and mammalian metabolism; quantifying cellular physiology; dynamic metabolic flux determination; integrated genomic and metabolic analysis; systems biology; biomolecular/metabolic engineering

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Research Trainee, DSM / Gist-Brocades, Anti-Infectives Division

• DuPont-MIT Fellowship, 2001-2006
• Foundation Vrijrouwe van Renswoude Scholarship National, 1999
• Foundation Schuurman Schimmel & van Outeren Scholarship National, 1999
• Propadeuse Diploma Magna Cum Laude, Delft University of Technology, 1995

• BSE, Civil Engineering, Princeton University
• MS, Civil Engineering, Stanford University
• PhD, Civil Engineering, Stanford University

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University
• Assistant Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

• Chosen as Most Influential Faculty Member by a Merrill Presidential Scholar, Cornell University, 2005
• Dorothy G. Swanson Excellence in Teaching Award, Cornell University College of Engineering, 2004
• Invited participant, National Academy of Engineering Seventh Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering, 2002
• National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2000-2004
• National Science Foundation Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education Award, 2000-2001
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1997

• BS, Physics, Pennsylvania State University
• MA, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
• PhD, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Optical techniques to study physics of spins confined in semiconductor nanostructures; nanofabrication techniques to create optical and electromagnetic cavities and localized electric fields

• National Research Council Research Associate, Naval Research Laboratory

• Winner, Best Paper by a Naval Research Laboratory Post-doc in 2006
• University-wide Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Santa Barbara Physics Department, 1999-2000

• BS, Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• MS, Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• PhD, Decision Science and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applied operations research methodologies in the areas of homeland security, hazards mitigation and vulnerability; technologies for collaborative decision making, with particular emphasis on incident and emergency management

• Staff Research Associate, Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Instructor, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Research Advisor

• Recipient of a fellowship co-sponsored by the Public Entity Risk Institute, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center, University of Colorado and the National Science Foundation

• BSE, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
• MS, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

• Samuel C. and Nancy M. Fleming Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
• Director, Cornell Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technologies
• Director, New York State Center for Life Science Enterprise
• Director, Cornell Proteomics Program
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology Division, California Institute of Technology

• Invited participant, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2003
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2003
• Jay Bailey Young Investigator Best Paper Award in Metabolic Engineering, 2002
• MIT Technology Review Top 100 Inventors in the World in Business & Technology, 2002
• J.P. and Mary Barger '50 College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000
• Invited participant, National Academy of Engineering Third German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2000
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1999-2003
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

• Diploma, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
• MS, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

• Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

• Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2005
• Amgen Biochemical Engineering Award, Engineering Conferences International, 2005
• Merck Cell Culture Engineering Award, Engineering Conference International, 2004
• Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2003
• Marvin Johnson Award, American Chemical Society, Biochemical Technology Division, 1998
• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998
• Outstanding Chemical Engineer, Purdue University, 1997
• Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995
• Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, 1993
• Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing
• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Nanotubes and related nanostructured materials, from structural, physical, mechanical and chemical characterizations to nanodevice applications

• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University
• Post-doctorate Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institut fur Metallforschung, Germany
• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

• TGEF (Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty) Award, Louisiana Board of Regents, 2006
• Max-Planck Society Fellowship, 1999
• Scientific and Technology Achievements Award, The Machinery Ministry of China, 1998
• Scientific and Technology Achievements Research Award, The Education Committee of China, 1997
• Remarkable Research Achievement Award, Tsinghua University, 1996
• Excellent PhD Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, 1996
• Excellent Master Thesis of Tsinghua University, 1989

• BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• PhD, Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara

Nanoscale engineering of novel semiconductor and composite electronic materials for energy conversion and (opto)electronic devices

• Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Graduate Student Intern, Laboratory for Ultrafast Optics, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Best Student Abstract, North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy, 2006
• Student Speaker Award, Symposium F, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, 2005
• NSF IGERT Fellowship, 2003-2005
• Fannie and John Hertz Graduate Fellowship Finalist
• Tau Beta Pi