ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Co-founder and Director, Nano-Biomolecular Engineering Science and Technology (n-BEST) program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Associate Department Head, Dept. of Materials Science and Engr., University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Full professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ VISITING APPOINTMENTS: Numerous yearly visiting professorships at the UFR de Physique, Université de Lille Visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts Invited scientist, Max Planck Institut fuer Metallforschung, Institut fur Werstoffwissenschaften, Stuttgart, Germany OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Member of the Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Arizona Member of the Applied Mathematics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Arizona, 1994 Member of the BIO5 Institute (The University of Arizona) AWARDS and HONORS: College of Engineering, Awa