Speaker's Biography:
Susan Hackwood
Executive Director, California Council on Science and Technology; Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside
Susan Hackwood is Executive Director of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, and Visiting Associate in Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. CCST is a not-for-profit corporation comprised of 150 science and technology leaders sponsored by the key academic and federal research institutions in California. It advises the state on all aspects of science and technology, including stem cell research, intellectual property, energy, information technology, biotechnology and education. Hackwood received a Ph.D. in Solid State Ionics in 1979 from DeMontfort University, U.K. Before joining academia, she was department head of Device Robotics Technology Research at AT&T Bell Labs. In 1984 she joined the University of California, Santa Barbara as professor of electrical and computer engineering, and was founder and director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics. In 1990, she became the founding dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at U.C. Riverside. At Riverside, she oversaw the development of all research and teaching aspects of five degree programs to the Ph.D. level. Hackwood's current research interests include science and technology policy, distributed asynchronous signal processing and cellular robot systems.
Panel:
Stem Cell Innovation: The Next-Frontier Economy?
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