Dr. Rikky Muller is an Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. She received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Electrical Engineering where she performed research on minimally invasive, wireless neural interfaces. After her graduate studies, she was a McKenzie Fellow and Lecturer of Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Her research in implantable neural interfaces led her to co-found Cortera Neurotechnologies, a medical device company, where she held positions as CEO and CTO. Prior to her PhD, she worked as an integrated circuit designer at Analog Devices. Prof. Muller is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards was named one of the top 35 global innovators under the age of 35 (TR35) by the MIT Technology Review in 2015.
Rikky Muller's Research Group works on implantable and wearable medical devices enabled by advanced microsystems technology and integration. We are interested in understanding how to optimally interface electrical, chemical and optical systems with the human body, and to use this understanding to develop safe, chronic and translational medical devices. Specific areas of interest include brain-machine interfaces, disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system, and health monitoring applications.
Awards:
TR35: MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 2015
MIT Technology Reviews' Top 10 Innovators Under 35 in Asia 2015
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow 2014
MAP Entreprenurial Fellow 2013
Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award 2012
Rising Star in EECS 2012
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (Campus & Department) 2011
Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award 2010
Berkeley EECS Fellowship
