Rikky Muller
Assistant Professor
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Teaching Schedule
Spring 2021
- EE 105. Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, MoWe 2:00PM - 3:29PM, Internet/Online
Biography
Prof. Muller received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT, where she worked on cellular BioMEMS devices for pathogen detection. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in Electrical Engineering where she performed research on minimally invasive neural interfaces. After her graduate studies, she was a McKenzie Fellow and Lecturer of Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in Australia where she continued research in medical bionics together with the school of Medicine. Prior to her Ph.D. she worked as an integrated circuit designer at Analog Devices. Prof. Muller has been recognized with numerous academic and industry fellowships and awards. She was named one of MIT Technology Review's top 35 global innovators under the age of 35 (TR35) in 2015, and one of MedTech Boston's top 40 healthcare innovators Under 40 in 2016. In 2017, she received the National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lectureship, the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigatorship, and the Keysight Early Career Professorship.
Education
- 2013, Ph.D., EECS, UC Berkeley
- 2004, S.B., EECS, MIT
- 2004, M.Eng., EECS, MIT
Awards, Memberships and Fellowships
- SSCS New Frontier Award, 2021
- McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, 2020
- N² Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications, 2020
- Hellman Fellow, 2019
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER), 2019
- SSCS Distinguished Lecturer, 2019
- NAE Gilbreth Lectureship, 2017
- Keysight Early Career Professor Award, 2017
- MedTech Boston's 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators, 2016
- MIT Tech Review Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35), 2015