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Dorian Liepmann, PhD

Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Professor, Bioengineering Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Office Address: 280 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Email: liepmann@berkeley.edu

For more information, see: https://liepmannlab.squarespace.com/

Office hours: 280 HMMB

Research areas:
Bioinstrumentation, Biomaterials & Nanotechnology

Research Description

BioMEMS, microfluid dynamics, experimental biofluid dynamics, hemodynamics associated with valvular heart disease and other cardiac and arterial flows.

Education

1990 Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Applied Mechanics

1983 MS, California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

1981 BS, California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

1981 BA, Occidental College, Chemistry

Experience & Training

2004-2009 Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

2003-present Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

1998-2003 Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

1998 Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California, Berkeley

1997 Co-Chair, Joint UCSF/UCB Bioengineering Graduate Group

1996-present Faculty Member, Applied Science & Technology Graduate Group

1992-1998 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

1986-1992 Research Engineer, Institute for Non-Linear Science, University of California, San Diego

1984-1992 Research Scientist, Science Applications International Corporation, Technology Research Group, San Diego, CA

1983-1984 Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Honors & Awards

2007 Fellow, AIMBE

2002 Weissberger-Williams Lecture, Kodak Research Laboratory, NY

2001 – 2005 Lester John and Lynne Dewar Distinguished Professorship in Bioengineering