He received his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering at Harvard University. His key research contributions include the discovery that physical forces make and distribute blood cells, and the development of novel biomaterial and physical techniques to leverage this insight for stem cell engineering, therapeutic delivery, and drug discovery. He is a recipient of the Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and was previously supported by the American Heart Association. His work has been published in various high impact journals, including Cell Stem Cell, PNAS, and Nature Materials. He has contributed to U.S. patent-pending inventions in blood engineering and biomaterial-based cell therapy.