He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2002 from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His research interests include Nanobiotechnolgy, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. He has published over 60 refereed papers. His research has been supported by NIH, DOD, NSF and several private foundations. He has served as number of technical and proposal reviewers and panel member for NSF, NIH and DOD. He is also a journal referee for number of journals.