He is interested in technology-enabled healthcare, with a special focus on healthcare data, analytics, and privacy. Jan is a Searle Scholar, a Sloan Research Fellow, a Hellman Fellow, and the recipient of a Mohr Davidow Ventures Innovator’s Award. Jan teaches the "Engineering Living Matter" (BioE80) course with Drew Endy, the module on AI/Machine Learning in BioE301C, and a crypto/blockchain class (BioE60 - Beyond Bitcoin: Applications of Distributed Trust). Most recently, Jan founded the Distributed Trust Initiative at Stanford (cryptolab.stanford.edu).