1982, BSc in Chemistry and 1986, PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Expert in materials processing. Since 1986, with MIT: 1995, full Professor; currently, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Sumitomo Electric Industries Chair; co-inventor, MIT's three dimensional printing process. Co-founder of four companies in health technologies. 1997, Fellow, American Ceramics Society. Involved in materials and engineered systems for improvement of human health such as treatments for cancer, metabolic diseases, trauma, and urological disorders; research concerns advanced forming technology, such as for complex macro and micro devices, colloid science, MEMS and other micro components for medical devices that are used for drug delivery and diagnostics, high-throughput development methods for formulations of materials and pharmaceutical formulations. Author of 190 peer reviewed scientific publications and holder of 45 patents.