Education

Bachelors Degree Stanford University (1995)
Doctoral Degree Stanford University (2003)

Employment History

1995 – 1997 U.S. Peace Corps, Tanzania

1998 – 2003 Reseach Assistant, Stanford University

2003 – 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005 Research Associate, Delft University

2005 - 2010 Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

2010 - Present Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Awards & Honours

1998National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

1998 - 2001National Defense Sci. and Eng. Graduate Fellowship, Department of Defense

2001 - 2003Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University

2003 - 2004Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005 - 2015Canada Research Chair in the Physics of Nanostructures, Tier II

2010 - 2012Alfred P. Sloan Fellow

Committees & Service

2005 - 2007 Condensed Matter Seminar Organizer

2006 - 2008 Department Colloquium Co-organizer

2007 - 2008 Graduate Student Admissions

2008 Major Entrance Scholarship Selection Committee

2008 - Present Condensed Matter Seminar Organizer

2008 - Present Co-Director of AMPEL Nanofabrication Facility