Ashwath Jayagopal (expects to obtain Ph.D. 2008)

Research area: Biomedical Engineering (Nanomedicine)

Undergraduate degree from: Vanderbilt University

Outside interests/activities: Fly fishing, chess

Why Vanderbilt: Young energetic faculty, scientific progress without the "ego."

Likes best about School of Engineering: Close interaction with other schools (Chemistry, Medicine) allows more flexibility, greater scope of projects.