Awards and Funding Sources
Awards & Honors:
R & D Magazine "100 Award" for Cepheid SmartCycler, 1998.
Inc. Magazine 5000 Award, fastest growing companies, 2010.
Funding Received and Pending as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI*:
Total Funding Received as PI/C0-PI during career over $85M
Corporate Contracts
$40K (1 year) Cetus Corporation, 1991 (Contract to UC Berkeley)
$3M (5 years) NIST-ATP with Affymetrix Inc., 1995. (PI at LLNL). (Total award: $31.5M).
$125K (9 mos) Subcontract from Lockheed on DARPA SIMBAD program
$55K (9 mos) Subcontract from Honeywell on DARPA SIMBAD program
$580K (2 years) Tetracore Inc. 2002-2004
$75K (1 year) Roche Diagnostics 2002
$75K (1 year) Chiron Diagnostics 2007
$1.7M (1 year) SRI, 2008
US Dept. of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
$265K (1 year) Engineering Research Award, LLNL, 1992
$1.9M (2 years) Engineering Research Award and Director’s Initiative, 1995-6
$300K (2 years) Engineering Research Award, LLNL 1995-6
$800K (2 yrs) LLNL, 1998-9
$0.9 M (1 year) DARPA/LLNL 2002-2003
$1.5M (1 year) DARPA/LLNL 2003-2004*
US Department of Defense
$1.6M (3 years) DARPA - MEMS, 1993-6
$400K (1 yrs) DoD, 1995
$1.4 M (1 yrs), DoD, 1996-8
$5.4M (3 yrs), DARPA, 1998-01
$1.3M (2 yrs) SBIR Phase I and II 1998-00
$1.9M (2 yrs) US Army SBCCOM , 2000-01
$1.5M (3 yrs) DoD Dual Use Science and Technology Program, 2000-2002
$550K (1 year) US Army SBCCOM 2002-2003
US Department of Justice/FBI
$978K (1 yr) DOJ/FBI 2004-2005
United Kingdom Forensic Science Service
$125K (1 yr) UK Forensic Sciences Service
US Department of Homeland Security
$4.7M (18 mos.) Dept Homeland Security HSARPA 2004-05
$100K SBIR DOD 2004
$17.8M (2 years) Dept Homeland Security HSARPA BAND Phase I-II 2005-07
$1.6 M (2 years) Dept. Homeland Security Instantaneous Bioagent Detection System 2006-08
$7.0 M (1 year) Dept Homeland Security Science and Technology BAND Phase III 2007
$12.0 M (2 year) Dept Homeland Security Science and Technology BAND Phase IIIX 2008
$16M (1.5 Yrs), ($8M to MFSI) with Hamilton Sundstrand, Office Health Affairs, Dept. Homeland Security, Biowatch Gen 3. Chief Scientist.
R & D Magazine "100 Award" for Cepheid SmartCycler, 1998.
Inc. Magazine 5000 Award, fastest growing companies, 2010.
Funding Received and Pending as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI*:
Total Funding Received as PI/C0-PI during career over $85M
Corporate Contracts
$40K (1 year) Cetus Corporation, 1991 (Contract to UC Berkeley)
$3M (5 years) NIST-ATP with Affymetrix Inc., 1995. (PI at LLNL). (Total award: $31.5M).
$125K (9 mos) Subcontract from Lockheed on DARPA SIMBAD program
$55K (9 mos) Subcontract from Honeywell on DARPA SIMBAD program
$580K (2 years) Tetracore Inc. 2002-2004
$75K (1 year) Roche Diagnostics 2002
$75K (1 year) Chiron Diagnostics 2007
$1.7M (1 year) SRI, 2008
US Dept. of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
$265K (1 year) Engineering Research Award, LLNL, 1992
$1.9M (2 years) Engineering Research Award and Director’s Initiative, 1995-6
$300K (2 years) Engineering Research Award, LLNL 1995-6
$800K (2 yrs) LLNL, 1998-9
$0.9 M (1 year) DARPA/LLNL 2002-2003
$1.5M (1 year) DARPA/LLNL 2003-2004*
US Department of Defense
$1.6M (3 years) DARPA - MEMS, 1993-6
$400K (1 yrs) DoD, 1995
$1.4 M (1 yrs), DoD, 1996-8
$5.4M (3 yrs), DARPA, 1998-01
$1.3M (2 yrs) SBIR Phase I and II 1998-00
$1.9M (2 yrs) US Army SBCCOM , 2000-01
$1.5M (3 yrs) DoD Dual Use Science and Technology Program, 2000-2002
$550K (1 year) US Army SBCCOM 2002-2003
US Department of Justice/FBI
$978K (1 yr) DOJ/FBI 2004-2005
United Kingdom Forensic Science Service
$125K (1 yr) UK Forensic Sciences Service
US Department of Homeland Security
$4.7M (18 mos.) Dept Homeland Security HSARPA 2004-05
$100K SBIR DOD 2004
$17.8M (2 years) Dept Homeland Security HSARPA BAND Phase I-II 2005-07
$1.6 M (2 years) Dept. Homeland Security Instantaneous Bioagent Detection System 2006-08
$7.0 M (1 year) Dept Homeland Security Science and Technology BAND Phase III 2007
$12.0 M (2 year) Dept Homeland Security Science and Technology BAND Phase IIIX 2008
$16M (1.5 Yrs), ($8M to MFSI) with Hamilton Sundstrand, Office Health Affairs, Dept. Homeland Security, Biowatch Gen 3. Chief Scientist.