Luke Theogarajan is a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. His research interests include combining the processing power of electronics with the versatility of synthetic chemistry to develop neural prosthetic devices, integrating CMOS circuits with nanoscale sensors to develop novel biosensors and developing simple synthetic mimics of biological function to gain a deeper physical understanding of biological phenomena.

During his time at MIT, he was also involved with the Boston Retinal Implant Project (BRIP), where he designed the implant chip, consulted on fabrication of the implant, and conducted electrophysiology experiments.

Before starting his Ph.D, he worked for Intel for 5 years where he was part of the Pentium 4 design team. He has published both in the field of electrical engineering and polymer chemistry and holds 4 patents. Professor Theogarajan is also a 2010 NIH New Innovator Award recipient and a 2011 NSF Career Award recipient. He has been awarded the Northrupp Grumman Excellence in teaching award in 2011 and the outstanding faculty member in EE for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2017.

Experience

• Professor (2016 - present)

  Biomimetic Circuits & Nanosystems Group

  University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

• Associate Professor (2012 - 2016)

  Biomimetic Circuits & Nanosystems Group

  University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

• Assistant Professor (2008 - 2012)

  Biomimetic Circuits & Nanosystems Group

  University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

• Graduate Student Researcher (2001 - 2007)

  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

  Boston Retinal Implant Project

• Senior Designer (1996 - 2001)

  Intel Corporation

Education

• PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2001 - 2007)

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• MS, Electrical Engineering (1994 - 1996)

  Arizona State University