Ph.D. in Biophysics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 1992 Postdocs with Dr. R. Waugh (University of Rochester) and Dr. S. Svetina (Ljubljana University, Slovenia) Research faculty in the group of Dr. E. Evans (University of British Columbia and Boston University)

Molecular-to-cellular bioengineering/biomechanics: Towards a quantitative understanding of mechano-sensing, -signaling, and -regulation

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