2018FLEX

Rikky Muller
Assistant Professor
UC Berkeley


Rikky Muller, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is Co-director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center, a Core Member of the Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses and an Investigator at the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub. She is also the Co-founder of Cortera Neurotechnologies, Inc. a medical device company founded in 2013 where she held positions as CEO and CTO. Her expertise is in the research and commercialization of implantable medical devices and in developing microelectronic and integrated systems for neurological applications. Prof. Muller received her BS and MS degrees from MIT and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley all in EECS. After her graduate studies, she was a McKenzie Fellow and Lecturer of EE at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Prior to her Ph.D. she worked as an IC designer at Analog Devices. Prof. Muller was named one of MIT Technology Review's top 35 global innovators under the age of 35 (TR35) in 2015, and one of MedTech Boston's top 40 healthcare innovators Under 40 in 2016. In 2017, she received the National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lectureship, the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigatorship, and the Keysight Early Career Professorship.

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