John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor, Bioengineering
Faculty Scientist, Biological Systems & Engineering Division, LBNL
Faculty Director, UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program and Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
Mailcode 1762
510-666-3396
aeh@berkeley.edu
For more information, see: https://herrlab.berkeley.edu/
Research Interests
Use of scale-dependent phenomena to design tools for quantifying biomolecules in complex biological fluids down to single cell and sub-cellular resolution. Applications include clinical diagnostics, protein signaling + biomarker validation.
Education
- 2002 Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering
- 1999 M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering
- 1997 B.S., California Institute of Technology, Engineering & Applied Science (Honors)
Major Awards
- 2018-2019 Defense Science Study Group (DSSG)
- 2017-2022 Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub Investigator
- 2018 Sciex Microscale Separations Innovation Medal
- 2017 Berkeley Visionary Award from the City of Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
- 2017 Georgina Sweet Lectureship, Australian Research Council
- 2017 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (elected)
- 2016 Mid-career Achievement Award, American Electrophoresis Society (AES)
- 2015 Georges Guiochon Faculty Fellow (inaugural), HPLC International Series of Symposia
- 2015 American Institute of Biological & Medical Engineers (AIMBE), Fellow (Elected)
- 2012-17 UC Berkeley Bakar Fellow
- 2012 Thiele Lectureship, Department of Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- 2012 Analytical Chemistry & CBMS Young Innovator Award
- 2012 Ellen Weaver Award, Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
- 2012 UC Berkeley Bioengineering Honor Society (BioEHS) Outstanding Instructor Award
- 2011-16 NSFCAREER Award
- 2010-15 NIH New Innovator Award
- 2010 Eli Lilly & Company Young Investigator in Analytical Chemistry
- 2010-14 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow (Chemistry)
- 2009-11 DARPA Young Faculty Award
- 2009-12 UC Hellman Family Faculty Award
- 2008-09 UC Presidential Chair Faculty Fellow
- 2008 UC Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellow
- 2007 Sandia National Labs Outstanding Mentor Award
- 2007 Lockheed Martin NOVA Award finalist for Individual Technical Excellence (sole Sandia Nominee)
- 2007 Sandia National Labs Individual Technical Excellence (1/11 awarded)
- 2006 Sandia National Labs Team Technical Excellence
- 1997-00 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
- 1997 Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen Memorial Leadership Award, Caltech
- 1997 Institute for the Adv. of Engineering, College of Fellows: Outstanding Engineering Student, Caltech
Professional Experience
Academic appointments:
- 2019- now John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor, Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
- 2016-now Faculty Director, UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program and Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
- 2015-2019 Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2015-2019 Lester John & Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2014-2015 Lester John & Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished (Associate) Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2012-2015 Associate Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2007-2012 Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
- 2004-2007 Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Biosystems Research, Sandia National Labs
- 2002-2004 Research Scientist, Biosystems Research, Sandia National Laboratories
1998-2001 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Other positions:
- 2015-2018 Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professorship, Cornell University
- 2015-16 Co-director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Single Cell Analysis Course
- 2016 Biodesign Faculty Fellow, Stanford University (Affiliate, Sabbatical)
- 2015-2018 Advisory Board Member, QB3 Rosenman Institute, UCSF
- 2015-2018 Editorial Advisory Board Member, ACS Sensors
- 2014-2017 Editorial Advisory Board Member, Analytical Chemistry
- 2014 Co-Chair, UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
- 2013-16 Co-founder & Scientific Advisory Board, Zephyrus Biosciences (acquired by Bio-techne)
- 2013-19 Standing Member, NIH Nanotechnology (NANO) Study Section
- 2013-17 Board Member, Chemical & Biological Microsystems (CBMS) Society
- 2007-now Member, UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
- 2007-now Faculty Affiliate, California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3)
- 2008-now Member, Applied Sciences & Technology Group, University of California, Berkeley
- 2008-now Faculty Scientist, Biological Systems & Engineering Dvision (formerly Physical Biosciences), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- 2008-now Faculty Affiliate, Berkeley Stem Cell Center