I am a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. My educational background is in Chemical and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. I authored over 100 research papers and patents in diverse areas, including sensor development; automatic control of biomedical treatments and devices, such as MRI- guided ultrasound tumor ablation and control ventricular assist devices; manipulation and characterization of micro- and nanoscale systems, including optical and dielectrophoretic nanoparticle manipulation and the characterization of biomolecular kinetics on a scale of single molecules; stochastic and probabilistic systems; and state and parameter estimation, optimization, and automatic control.

I co-founded two start-up companies to commercialize the results of my research. My laboratory currently focuses on two district areas:

  1. Biophysical and molecular characterization of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications
  2. The development of ultrasonic sensors and methods for noninvasive characterization of energy conversion components, systems, and other processes, and ultrasound enhancement of transport processes in electrochemical and other processes. Our broader interests include manipulation and characterization of micro- and nanoscale systems; stochastic processes; sensor development; state and parameter estimation, optimization, automatic control, and sensor development.