Casim A. Sarkar
Principal Investigator
Education
1997 - 2002 | PhD in Chemical Engineering with Minor in Computational Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
1993 - 1997 | BS in Chemical Engineering University of Texas, Austin, TX |
Professional Experience
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2022 - present | Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
2021 - present | Distinguished University Teaching Professor |
2020 - present | Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
2016 - present | Member, Masonic Cancer Center |
2016 - present | Member, Stem Cell Institute |
2014 - present | Member, BioTechnology Institute |
2013 - present | Member, Institute for Engineering in Medicine |
2013 - present | Affiliate Senior Member, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science |
2013 - 2022 | Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2008 - 2013 | Member, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group |
2008 - 2013 | Member, Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group |
2006 - 2013 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
2006 - 2013 | Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering |
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 - 2005 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry |
Selected Honors and Distinctions
2022 | Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
2021 - 2025 | Chartered Member, Gene and Drug Delivery (GDD) Study Section, National Institutes of Health |
2021 | Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education |
2020 - 2025 | Maximizing Investigators' Research Award, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health |
2011 - 2018 | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |
2008 - 2012 | Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association |
2003 - 2005 | NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health |
1997 | Graduate Fellowship (declined), Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
1997 | Graduate Fellowship (declined), National Science Foundation |
1997 | Graduate Fellowship (declined), Whitaker Foundation |
1997 - 2002 | Graduate Fellowship (accepted), Fannie and John Hertz Foundation |