About Dr. Davalos

• Ph.D. University of California –Berkeley, CA, Department of Mechanical Engineering – 2002, Major: Bioengineering, Minors: Dynamics and BioMEMS
  • Dissertation Title: Real-time imaging for molecular medicine through electrical impedance tomography of electroporation, Advisor: Boris Rubinsky

• M.S. University of California Berkeley, CA, Department of Mechanical Engineering – 1995

• B.S. Cornell University Ithaca, NY, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – 1994

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

• In vitro and in vivo applications of electroporation, biotransport, cellular engineering microsystems, bioheat transfer, bioMEMS, dielectrophoresis, cancer detection and treatment

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• Georgia Tech and Emory University Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, GA, 2023-Present
• Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Blacksburg, VA
  Professor: School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 2006-2023
• Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
• Principal Member of Technical Staff: Microsystems and Advanced Concepts Engineering, 2006-2007
• Senior Member of Technical Staff: Microsystems Design and Integration, 2005 – 2006
• Senior Member of Technical Staff: National Security Engineering, 03-05
• Senior Member of Technical Staff: Exploratory Systems Technology Division, 1999-2000
• Member of Technical Staff: Advanced Weapons Systems Division, 1995-1999

COURSES TAUGHT

• Biomedical Microdevices: Creation and instruction of graduate course, 2007-Present
• Quantitative Physiology: Co-instructing core graduate course in biomedical engineering, 2007-2023
• Transport Processes in Biological Systems: Undergraduate course in biological transport, 10-2023
• Senior Design Course: Mentoring students to design a platform for organ scaffolds, 2010-2023
• Engineering Mathematics: Creating a cross-disciplinary course for first year graduate students, 2011