Juan grew up in the tropical island of Puerto Rico, a place that many consider the USA’s most southern point. In order to experience the diametric climatic opposite of the tropics, Juan attended Michigan State University (MSU) in the frigid Midwest USA and earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from MSU, Juan enrolled at Princeton University in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and earned an M.S. and a Ph. D. His thesis and dissertation research focused on the characterization of the wake of submarines at high Reynolds numbers. Parts of his undergraduate and graduate careers were pursued at Taganrog State University in Russia and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is presently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Medicine and Engineering at UPenn studying how the characteristics of blood flow in the cardiovascular system can lead to the development of atherosclerosis. Juan enjoys combining photography with traveling to exotic corners of our planet due to his love of the outdoors. Some of his recent travels have taken him to climb the ‘Roof of Africa’ – Mt. Kilimanjaro and Colorado’s most famous peak – Pikes Peak, and hiking the Inca trail to reach the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.Previous | Staff List | Next