He is also the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program and has an Adjunct position in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine. His research area is the application of chemical engineering principles, including reactor kinetics, mass transfer and fluid flow to the bioengineering of stem cell expansion and differentiation systems. Recently his focus has been on embryonic stem cell expansion and differentiation to bone and cartilage. He has authored a number of publications, book chapters and presented conference papers and posters at local, national and international meetings. He has also won a number of teaching awards, and was featured in 2009 Avenue magazine's Top 40 Under 40 for Calgary.