Resume
Academic Achievements
- Over 360 publications
- 80+ issued or pending patents
- Fellow of IEEE, American Physical Society (APS), and National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
- Recipient of the 2025 IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award
- Inaugural Fred Terman Fellow
- Co-authored two textbooks: 'Magnetic Information Storage Technology' (Academic Press) and 'Biochips and Medical Imaging' (Wiley)
- In 2023, Curve Biosciences demonstrated a ctDNA NGS assay for early liver cancer detection from cirrhosis with ≥95% sensitivity and specificity
- Magic Lifescience launched FDA clearance trials for rapid NAT point-of-care products and was a finalist at ADLM 2025
Background
- Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University
- Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, jointly appointed in Electrical Engineering, and by courtesy in Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford)
- Director of the Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology
- Leading expert in biosensors, information storage, and spintronics
- Research spans magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, cancer biomarkers, magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic sensors, MRAM, and magnetic integrated inductors