He is also an Affiliate Member at the Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UCSB in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He held a Postdoctoral Associate position at MIT during 2007 and 2008. He is the recipient of the 2013 SIAM Control and Systems Theory Prize, the NSF CAREER award, the Air Force Young Investigator Research Award (YIP), the 2010 IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award, and the 2012 STAR Higher Education Award for his contributions to STEM education. His research interests are in modeling, stability, robust control, observer design, and simulation of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power systems, aerospace, and biology.