BASc, Engineering Physics, University of British Columbia (1991); Ph.D., Nanotechnology, Uppsala University, Sweden (2006); currently a Senior Researcher in the Department of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials at Uppsala University in Sweden. He also works as a combat support pilot and is a full-flight simulator instructor. His extensive flight experience also includes 11 years as a military pilot, including 1000 hours on the CF-18 Hornet, as well as combat missions in Kosovo.