Ellis Meng
Ellis Meng is a Gabilan Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California, where she also serves as the Vice Dean of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology in 2003. She was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2016 for contributions to biomedical microelectromechanical systems. In 2009, Dr. Meng was named on MIT Technology Review's "Innovators Under 35" List for her work on micropumps that deliver drugs preventing blindness, and she was listed on the 40 Under 40 List of the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry in 2012. She received an NSF CAREER Award. She was named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2014 for outstanding research and translational contributions to the field of biomedical microdevices and for the education and mentoring of young engineers.
