Roya Maboudian is an American academic and researcher in the field of chemical engineering. She is professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. She is a co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, and an editor of the ''IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems''. She was one of the first women to earn tenure in the chemical engineering department at the University of California, Berkeley.

Education and early career

Maboudian obtained her B.S. in electrical engineering from Catholic University in 1982. She went on to receive her M.S. and Ph.D. in applied physics at

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

in 1984 and 1988, respectively, under advisor David L. Goodstein and co-advisor Paul Murray Bellan.

Research

Maboudian's research is in the development of new applications of micro- and nano-technology, especially surface chemistry and adhesion. Her early research studied the use of self-assembled monolayers as anti-stiction coatings for MEMS (microelectromechanical) structures. Since then, her work has broadened to other aspects of materials, surfaces, and interfaces, including chemical sensing, gecko-inspired adhesives, and supercapacitors. In 2019, she was named a Bakar Fellow, a UC Berkeley fellowship for projects with commercial promise. Her area of focus within this fellowship is miniaturized carbon dioxide sensors.

Awards and honors

IEEE Fellow As of 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 5,082 members designated Fellow, each of whom is associated with one of the 41 societies under the IEEE. The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membershi ...

, 2021 * Bakar Fellow, 2019 * Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, 2014 *

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. The White ...

, 1998 * Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award, 1996 * Hellman Family Award, 1996 *

National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award The National Science Foundation CAREER awards, presented by the National Science Foundation (NSF), are in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors i ...

, 1994

References

External links

Maboudian Lab webpage
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