Systems Biology Laboratory
Biosketch
Present Positions:
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University;
Professor, Department of Oncology, and member, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, School of Medicine,Johns Hopkins University;
Joint Appointments: Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
Visiting Professor Positions:
The Newton Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2009;
Department of Pathology/Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School (angiogenesis), 2003-2004;
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (computational biology), 2003-2004.
Education:
M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanics, Moscow University.
Selected Honors and Awards:
The C. Forbes Dewey Distinguished Lectureship in Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011;
Keynote speaker, The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) European Union Physiome Project, 2010;
The A.C. Suhren Lecture, Tulane University, 2009;
The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Distinguished Lecturer, Temple University, 2006;
Kawasaki Medical Society Lecturer, Japan, 2004;
The Eugene M. Landis Award, The Microcirculatory Society, 2009;
Inaugural Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2005;
Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, 2001;
Fellow, American Physiological Society (Cardiovascular Section), 1995;
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1994;
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992;
Board of Directors, Biomedical Engineering Society (1992-1995);
William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University.
Editorial Boards:
Frontiers in Computational Physiology and Medicine (Editorial Board); American Journal of Cancer Research (Editorial Board); American Journal of Physiology (Heart Circ. Physiol.) 1999-2005, Annals of Biomedical Engineering (Associate Editor);
Service:
Co-Chairman of the IUPS (International Union of Physiological Sciences) Physiome and Systems Biology Committee;
Chairman of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows Selection Committee (2001-2004);
Member at Large, U.S. National Committee for the IUPS at the NAS (2001-2006); Member, AIMBE Academic Council;
Program Chair, 2005 BMES Annual Meeting; BMES representative to IUPS U.S. National Committee;
Chair, BMES Meetings Oversight Committee.BMES representative to the FASEB Summer Research Conference Advisory Committee;
Meritorious Awards Committee, North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO)
IMAG (Interdisciplinary Modeling and Analysis Group), Multiscale Systems Biology Working Group co-lead
[Multiscale Systems Biology Working Group]
Publications:
250 original manuscripts, chapters, and review articles, co-editor of 2 books.