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2004 2009 William R. Brody Faculty Scholar Award, Johns Hopkins University 2005 Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, Tulane University 2005 Elected Vice Chair for the 2007 and Chair for the 2008 Gordon Conference on   Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms 2005 Faculty Advisor to Molly Maleckar, winner of the Best Poster Presentation Award   in the Organ/Tissue Category, Gordon Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms 2005 Faculty Advisor to Weihui Li, winner of the Graduate Student Award, Tulane   School of Engineering Astor Visiting Lectureship, Oxford University, UK 2004 Co-author and Faculty Supervisor to Dr. Blanca Rodriguez, winner of the Young   Investigator Award in Basic Science, NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society 2003 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering 2002 Outstanding Researcher Award, Tulane School of Engineering [Pictures] 2002-2006 Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association 2001-2002 Fulbright Distinguished Scholars Research Award 2000 Lee H. Johnson Award for Teaching Excellence, Tulane University 2000 AETMB Teaching Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University 2000 Second Prize for Best Poster Presentation, 5th Dead Sea Symposium on   Cardiac Arrhythmias and Device Therapy, Israel 1999 AETMB Teaching Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University 1997-1999 Co-author and Faculty Supervisor to the following graduate and senior   students recipients of international awards:   Ezana Azene, MS student, winner of the Rosana Delgani Young Investigator Award,   Computers in Cardiology (1999),   James Wall, senior student, finalist in the EMBS/BMES Student Competition (1999),   Kirill Skouibine, PhD student, finalist in the EMBS Student Competition (1997), 1986-1987 US National Academy of Sciences Fellowship 1986 Young Investigator Achievement Award in Bioengineering Sciences   from the Center for Biological Sciences, The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences