Education & Positions

Undergraduate Training: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Graduate Training: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Positions and Employment

Technician, Transducer Engineering Inc, Andover, MA
2001-2002 United States Senate Page, United States Senate, Washington, DC
Manager, Top of the Class Tutors, Miami, FL
2004-2005 Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2004-2006 Internship, National Science Foundation Biomedical Optics Program, Massachusetts GeneralHospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Presidential Life Science Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2007-2010 National Science Foundation Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2008- Chief Scientific Officer, ZetrOZ, Ithaca, NY
2009-2010 Visiting Researcher, Philips Medical Ultrasound Research, Briarcliff Manor, NY
2009-2010 Ultrasound Consultant, Angio Dynamics Inc., Queensbury, NY
2011- Research Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1995- AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics)
2002- Director, Class of 2002 Scholarship, Andover High School, Andover, MA
2002- Member of the Biomedical Engineering Society
2002-2006 General Electric Student Ambassador, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2003- Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi (Engineering Honor Societies)
2007- ASA (Acoustical Society of America)
2007- AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine)
2010- National Science Foundation ad hoc reviewer for Engineering Research Centers Program
2010-2013 Vice-chair of Therapeutic Ultrasound Committee, AIUM
2010- Session-chair of Bioacoustics Effects, ASA
2010- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) reviewer for biomedical research and multidisciplinary training programs

2002 Legacy Scholarship, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2003 College of Engineering Deans Dozen, University of Miami, Miami, FL
College of Engineering Award for Academic Excellence, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2005 Rhodes Scholar Finalist, South East United States
2006 Rita Schaffer Award for National Biomedical Engineering Excellence
2006 Presidential Life Science Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2007 National Science Foundation Fellowship
2008 Best Paper Award, Acoustical Society of America, Annual Conference, Miami, FL
2008 Most Innovative Research Award, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2009 Creative Core Award, New York State Creative Core, Central, NY
2009 Nominee, Brilliant Ten, Popular Science Magazine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2009 Nominee, Technology Review TR35 Award, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2009 Most Investible Technology, Technology Garden of Central NY, Syracuse, NY
2010 Invited Expert Panelist, Translational Science in Practice, Rochester, NY
2011 Invited Expert Lecturer, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine