He also holds the position of Faculty Fellow in the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis. Prior to coming to Northeastern, he was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and a Member of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center. Professor Engen holds two BS degrees (molecular biology and biochemistry) from Union College and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska (working with David L. Smith). He completed postdoctoral work at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).