Professor Michel M. Maharbiz
Michel
M. Maharbiz, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
and
Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.
Michel’s current research centers on building micro/nano interfaces
to cells
and organisms and exploring bio-derived fabrication methods. His
research group is also known for developing the world’s first remotely
radio-controlled cyborg beetles; this was named one of the top 10
emerging technologies of 2009 by MIT’s Technology Review (TR10) and was
among Time magazine’s Top 50 Inventions of 2009. His long-term goal is
to understand developmental mechanisms as a way to engineer and
fabricate machines.
He coauthored
Circuits.
His papers include
Neural Dust: An Ultrasonic, Low Power Solution for Chronic
Brain-Machine
Interfaces,
A Cyborg Beetle: Insect Flight Control
Through an Implantable, Tetherless Microsystem,
Generating steep, shear-free gradients of small molecules
for cell culture,
Batch Transfer Integration of RF Microrelays,
Recent Developments in the Remote Radio Control of Insect
Flight,
A Modified Consumer Inkjet for Spatiotemporal Control of Gene
Expression, and
Can we build synthetic, multicellular systems by controlling
developmental signaling in space and time?
Michel earned his Ph.D. in 2003 from UC
Berkeley for
his work on microbioreactor systems, which led to the foundation of
Microreactor Technologies Inc., which was recently acquired by Pall
Corporation. He has been a GE Scholar and an Intel IMAP Fellow.
Read
Your Future Brain-Machine Implant: Ultrasonic Neural Dust,
Enhancing Your Brain Digitally, and
Going Wireless and Restoring Memories: The Incredible Future of Brain
Implants.
Read his
LinkedIn profile. Read his
blog.