Quick facts about the Bioengineering Department
Founded: | 1998 | Number of faculty: | 17 core faculty, 12 joint, 2 adjunct | Includes faculty from: | 7 Berkeley departments, plus UC San Francisco and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Department chair: | Professor Dorian Liepmann | Undergraduate students: | 323
| Graduate students: | 177 | Department ranking, Graduate: | 11th, US News and World Report
| | Department ranking, Undergraduate: | 14th, US News and World Report
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Bioengineering Faculty Honors: Council of the National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Engineering (3) National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (5) American Physical Society American Society of Mechanical Engineers (3) American Association for the Advancement of Science (3) Biomedical Engineering Society American College of Physicians Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Rhodes Scholar Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring National Medal of Science Turing Award Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Discover Magazine Scientist of the Year National Science Foundation CAREER award (6) NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award National Institute of Health FIRST and Career Award (2) Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Whitaker Foundation Award (2) Chancellor’s Professorship (3) Miller Research Professors (3) Schlumberger Fellow Beckman Young Investigator Award Hellman Family Faculty Fund (3) |
