Dr. White received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2002, where he developed next generation optical metropolitan area networks. He then served as a Member of Technical Staff at Sprint's Advanced Technology Laboratories until 2005. At that time, Dr. White transitioned into the field of optical biosensors as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Missouri Life Sciences Center. In 2008, Dr. White joined the faculty in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland. His research group aims to develop novel microsystems for applications in chemical analytics and disease diagnosis.