I'm currently the Lead Biomedical Engineer at Mount Sinai BioDesign, where I also recently received my PhD from the labs of Drs. Kevin Costa and Junqian Xu. In addition to my graduate work and helping lead engineering efforts within the Sinai BioDesign innovation team, I have been involved for many years in the leadership of GRO-Biotech, an inter-institutional, student-lead consortium focused on expanding career development opportunities for graduate students in and around the life sciences. Previously, I've worked at 3D Systems on technical development in the consumer marketing department and as a liaison with engineering project management teams, in addition to an earlier stint at experiential marketing firm Affinitive. I received my bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York, where I remain active in the Zahn Innovation Center, an on-campus tech startup incubator. I’ve also been involved in several startup ventures in the hardware and biotech spaces. Several years ago, I took Proto-Sauce, through NYCEDC’s Futureworks Incubator, with the goal of developing new materials for resin-based 3D printing. More recently, I had the privilege to serve as the CTO of BioSapien, using advanced manufacturing to create new devices for the treatment of cancer. Beyond my direct startup work, I’ve also continued to participate in Futureworks as a mentor, as well as others within the New York City startup community.