He initially trained in nanoengineering, before conducting graduate research in mechanical and biomedical Engineering (U. Toronto), and holding a Banting postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Biointerfaces Institute. His research program makes use of this broad background to study the interface between engineering, biology and medicine, and he is particularly curious about the role microenvironmental biomechanical forces play in driving disease and development. Recent honours include the NSERC Howard Alper postdoctoral prize, and the Leyerle-CIFAR prize for interdisciplinary research.