Adam de la Zerda
BSc in Computer Engineering and Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. MSc in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Currently pursuing PhD degree. Focus: Medical Devices
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.adelazerda.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Health |
| Skills: | C/C++, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, French, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Perl, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Windows |
| Location: | Stanford University |
| Groups: | E-Challenge Competition 2008, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], Women 2.0, [INACTIVE] BASES E-Challenge 2010 |
| Interested in: | Finding business partners, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Stanford University, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Intel Corporation, Israel Development Center |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2005 |
| Description: | Researcher in the Microprocessor Research Laboratory |
| Employer: | Independent, Israel |
| Position: | Private Tutor |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 2004 |
| Description: | Gave private lessons to students in math, physics and computers. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Computer Engineering, Physics, BSc |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2006 - Present |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | • Adam de la Zerda*, Zhuang Liu*, Sunil Bodapati, Cristina Zavaleta, Omer Oralkan, Hongjie Dai, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Enhanced Carbon Nanotubes for Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging in Living Mice”, in final preparation. (* equal contribution)
• Adam de la Zerda, Shay Keren, Srikant Vaithilingam, Omer Oralkan, Jelena Levi, Pierre Khuri-Yakub, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Finite-Element Simulation for Photoacoustic Tomography”, in preparation. • Adam de la Zerda, Sunil Bodapati, Meike Schipper, Shay Keren, Bryan Smith, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Quantum Dots Fluorescence Imaging Comparison Study”, submitted. • Cristina Zavaleta, Adam de la Zerda, Zhuang Liu, Shay Keren, Zhen Cheng, Meike Schipper, Xiaoyuan Chen, Hongjie Dai, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Non-invasive Raman Spectroscopy in Living Mice for Evaluation of Tumor Targeting with Carbon Nanotubes”, Nano Letters, 8, 2800-5 (2008). • Adam de la Zerda, Cristina Zavaleta, Shay Keren, Srikant Vaithilingam, Sunil Bodapati, Zhuang Liu, Jelena Levi, Te-Jen Ma, Omer Oralkan, Zhen Cheng, Xiaoyuan Chen, Hongjie Dai, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging in Living Mice Utilizing Targeted Carbon Nanotubes”, Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 557-62 (2008). Paper featured in: Washington Post, US News, Forbes, USA Today, KCBS Radio, KGO Radio, KQED Radio, NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer Newspaper, WECT TV6, Yahoo! News, Imperial Valley News, Wave 3, WGEM News and more. • Shay Keren, Cristina Zavaleta, Zhen Cheng, Adam de la Zerda, Olivier Gheysens, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Noninvasive molecular imaging of small living subjects using Raman spectroscopy”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 105, 5844-5849 (2008). Paper featured in: San Francisco Chronicle, NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, R&D technologies & strategies for research & development, Science Daily, Photonics.com and more. Awarded the: “One of the 30 most-read papers online in PNAS during April 2008”. • Adam de la Zerda, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, “Keeping Tabs on Nanocarriers”, Nature Nanotechnology 2(12) (2007) • Srikant Vaithilingam, Te-Jen Ma, Yukio Furukawa, Adam de la Zerda, Omer Oralkan, Shay Keren, Sanjiv S. Gambhir and Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, “A Coaxial Scanning Acoustic and Photoacoustic Microscope”, Proceedings of IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, 2413-2416 (2007). • Adam de la Zerda, Benjamin Armbruster, Lei Xing, "Formulating Adaptive Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning into a Closed-Loop Control Framework", Physics in Medicine and Biology 52(14), (2007) • Adam de la Zerda et al., “Microsoft Acquires Massive Inc.”, Harvard Business School (HBS) case study database, 2007-353-1, (2007) |
| Patents: | • Extremely bright photoacoustic molecules (2008) – Provisional Patent filed
• Optics based medical device (2006) – Provisional Patent filed • Aviad Cohen, Adam de la Zerda, Lev Finkelstein, Ronny Ronen, Dmitry Rudoy, “Combining power prediction and optimal control approaches for performance optimization in thermally limited designs”, Patent Application 20070061021 (2005) |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Playing guitar, Singing, Reading, Teaching |
| Memberships: | Professional Reviewer
• Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Publishing Group • Medical Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine • Applied Optics, Optical Society of America (OSA) |
| Awards: | • Best Poster Presentation Awards – Photoacoustic Imaging, SPIE Photonics West 2009 (2009)
• Young Investigator Award, The World Molecular Imaging Congress 2008 (2008) • Bio-X Travel Award - The Bio-X Program, Stanford University • Student Travel Award, The World Molecular Imaging Congress 2008 (2008) • Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowship - The Bio-X Program, Stanford University (2008) • Predoctoral Traineeship Award, Department of Defense, Breast Cancer Research Program (2008) • 1st place, The Bay-Area Entrepreneurship Contest (2007) • The 2006 Technion President Excellency Award (2006) • Stanford School of Engineering Fellowship Award, Stanford University (2005) • The 2005 Technion President Excellency Award (2005) • Amdocs Ltd. Excellency Scholarship (2005) • The 2004 Technion President Excellency Award (2004) • Check Point Ltd. Excellency Scholarship (2004) • The 2003 Technion President Excellency Award (2003) |
