Prior to joining NanoTerra and starting WMR, Dr. Carbeck was a faculty member of the departments of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biology at Princeton University. At Princeton he built a research program focused on biochemical engineering, material science and nanotechnology. He also served as the Director of the Program in Engineering Biology. Dr. Carbeck was a member of Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) and served on its executive steering committee.

While at Princeton Dr. Carbeck received many awards including the Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, National Science Foundation Career Award, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, and Howard B. Wentz Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching.

Dr. Carbeck was born in Seville, Spain and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received a BSE in Material Science from the University of Michigan in 1990. He earned his PhD in Materials Science from MIT in 1996. Dr. Carbeck spent two years doing post doctorate research at Harvard University in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.