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Rafael V. Davalos, Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University
Ph.D. University of California – Berkeley, CA
Department of Mechanical Engineering - 2002
Major: Bioengineering Minors: Dynamics and BioMEMS
Advisor: Boris Rubinsky
Dissertation Title: Real-time imaging for molecular medicine through electrical impedance tomography of electroporation
M.S. University of California Berkeley, CA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Biotransport, cellular engineering microsystems, bioheat transfer, bioMEMS, dielectrophoresis, cancer detection and treatment, the effect of electric fields on cells and their plasma membrane, microfluidic tissue mimics, bio-inspired microfluidics, electroporation
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Blacksburg, VA
Associate Professor: Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 11-pres
Adjunct Appointment: WF Institute of Regenerative Medicine, 08-pres
Affiliate Appointment: Engineering Science and Mechanics, 08-pres
Assistant Professor: Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 06-11
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
Principal Technical Staff: Microsystems Design and Integration, 06-07
Senior Technical Staff: Microsystems & Advanced Concepts Eng, 05-06
Senior Technical Staff: National Security Engineering, 03-05
Senior Technical Staff: Exploratory Systems Techn Division, 99-00
Technical Staff: Advanced Weapons Systems Division, 95-99
COURSES TAUGHT
Biomedical Microdevices, Quantitative Physiology (Co-instruct), Transport Processes in Biological Systems, Senior Design, Engineering Mathematics
SELECTED HONORS
Selected Awards
College of Engineering Faculty Fellow: Virginia Tech, 11-14
NSF CAREER Award: National Science Foundation, 11
Oustanding Advisor of the Year: Virginia Tech, 11
Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award: Virginia Tech, 09
Early Career Award: Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, 08
Top 7 Inventions of '07: NASA Tech Briefs, The Year in Technology, 07
National Award Recipient: HENAAC - Most Promising Engineer, 06
Selected Invited Talks
Gordon Research Conference, Bioelectrochemistry. Italy, 12
38th FACSS Conference. Reno, NV, 11
4th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium. Peoria, IL, 11
7th International Bioelectrics Symposium. Norfolk, VA, 10
Eng Platforms for Exploring Cellular & Molec Processes. U Louisville, 10
Thermal Biology and Therapy Workshop. U Minnesota, 10 and 12
Society for CNS Interstitial Delivery of Therapeutics. Cleveland, OH, 09
36th FACSS Conference. Louisville, KY, 09
45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology. Charlotte NC, 08 (plenary)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
Memberships
The American Electrophoresis Society, 09-pres
Brain Tumor Center of Excellence at Wake Forest University, 09-pres
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 09-pres
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, 08-pres
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 08-pres
Bioelectrochemistry Society (BES), 03-pres
ASME Biotransport Division, 02-pres
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties
http://www.vtip.org/availableTech/search.php?inventor=250086
