Previously, he was a Miller Research Fellow in Bioengineering and Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. His research is focused on the development of biomolecular technologies for non-invasive imaging and control of cellular function in the body using ultrasound and magnetic fields. Dr. Shapiro received his PhD in biological engineering as a Hertz and Soros fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with co-advisers Robert Langer and Alan Jasanoff and his BSc in neuroscience from Brown University. He conducted post-doctoral research in biophysics at the University of Chicago with Francisco Bezanilla.