He is also affiliated with UCLA Bioengineering Department as a co-chair of the Neuroengineering field. He completed the Ph.D. degree in 2006 at the University of California, Berkeley, for which he was awarded 2007 David J. Sakrison Memorial Prize. His current research is focused on low-power embedded systems for basic neuroscience and clinical neurophysiology, with emphasis on memory and learning. Dr. Markovic co-founded Flex Logix Technologies, a semiconductor IP startup. He received an NSF CAREER Award in 2009. In 2010, he was a co-recipient of ISSCC Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology Directions.