Brian is an Account Manager supporting the Bay Area. Prior to joining ZEISS, he was a Laboratory Manager for 12 years at the Universities of California – Davis,  Wisconsin – Madison, and Minnesota – Twin Cities. During his time at UC Davis, he studied vaccine development and immunology in emergent viral diseases using non-human primate and mouse models. In Wisconsin, his focus was live cell time lapse imaging and electrophysiology focused on mouse metabolic disease models. He obtained his BS in Molecular Biology from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities where his research focused on craniofacial development in model systems.

Zaw is a 3D Product Application and Sales Specialist supporting the Bay Area. He has eight years of research experience in cell biology, microfabrication, and mechanobiology. Prior to joining ZEISS, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London studying cancer cell division in engineered microenvironments.

Prior to that, he obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. His thesis work studied the function and mechanics of vascular smooth muscle. He obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from the University of Florida.