He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University (2001) and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of California-Los Angeles in 2006 with Prof. J.F Stoddart. He did post-doctoral research in nanotechnology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) with Professor Itamar Willner (2006-2007) and an NIH postdoctoral researcher in cancer nanotechnology with Professor Chad A. Mirkin at Northwestern University. His recent honors include the NRSA Ruth L. Kirchstein postdoctoral fellowship from the NIH and an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award. Click here for the full interview article.