Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering at UC San Francisco. Director of the Health Innovations Via Engineering (HIVE) at UC San Francisco. Formerly Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Cornell University. Technical expertise in orthopaedics, microbiome, preclinical models, mechanical engineering and materials science. Leads a research laboratory with continuous NIH support since 2007 as well as support support from the NSF and Dept. of Defense. Director of Graduate Studies, Cornell Mechanical Engineering PhD program (a top 10 rated program) from 2017-2020. Leadership in medical research societies (2 years on the Board of Directors for the Orthopaedic Research Society and two years serving as committee chair with the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research). Scientific articles published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Journal of Biomechanics. Experienced in science communication to the general public and outreach in STEM.List of Scientific Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WdJj2AwAAAAJ&hl=en