David Erickson is the SC Thomas Sze Director and Sibley College Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University.  He is also a joint Professor within the Division of Nutritional Sciences and was previously the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Programs.  Prof. Erickson is the director of the NIH POCTRN Center “PORTENT – Center for Point of Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer in Global Health."  His research focuses on: global health technology, medical diagnostics, microfluidics, photonics, and nanotechnology.  Prior to joining the faculty, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology and he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto. Research in the Erickson lab is or has been primarily funded through grants from the NIH, NSF, ARPA-E, ONR, DoD, DOE, DARPA, USAID, USDA, Nutrition International, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and other foundations.