My research experience has included the areas of energy storage (batteries and fuel cells), nanophase materials (catalysts, nanotubes and quantum dots), the development of stresses in thin films and novel microscopic imaging techniques. My interest has recently turned increasingly toward the life sciences, in particular, why cancer grows and how the brain works. I hold a PhD and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from SUNY, Stony Brook and UC Berkeley, respectively and a MS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Physics from Carnegie Mellon, and have worked in academic, government and industrial research environments.