Michelle Khine, PhD

Dr. Michelle Khine is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at UC Irvine. She was the founding Director of Faculty Innovation at the Samueli School of Engineering and founding Director of BioENGINE (BioEngineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at UC Irvine. Prior to joining UC Irvine, she was an Assistant & Founding Professor at UC Merced. 

Dr. Khine received her BS and MS from UC Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and UCSF. She is the Scientific Founder of 6 start-up companies. 

Dr. Khine was the recipient of the TR35 Award and named one of Forbes ’10 Revolutionaries’ and by Fast Company Magazine as one of the '100 Most Creative People in Business'. She was awarded the NIH New Innovator's Award and was named by Marie‐Claire magazine as 'Women on Top: Top Scientist’. Dr. Khine is a Fellow of AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering) and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.