He obtained his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Ph.D. in chemical and biomolecular engineering at Cornell University. He was an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are in transport phenomena in biological tissues and porous media. His research has been recognized with a NSF CAREER award, a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association, and Early Career Investigator Awards from the Boettcher Foundation Waring-Webb Biomedical Research Foundation and the Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program.