The External Advisory Committee (EAC) members include leaders from academia and industry as well several Rice Alumni. The EAC meets with the bioengineerng faculty and students annually each spring and plays a key role in advising the Department of Bioengineering. EAC members provide invaluable feedback regarding curriculum, internships, research focus areas, ongoing initiatives, and strategic goals of the department.
EAC Members
 Daniel Cox, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physics
University of California, Davis |
 Scott L. Diamond (Ph.D. '90 Rice)
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering; and
Assoc. Director,
Institute for Medicine and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
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 Robert Garland, M.D. (B.S. '82 Rice)
Principal, New Enterprise Associates
Menlo Park, CA
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 Steven Goldstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery,
Bioengineering, & Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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 Eric J. Guilbeau, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering
Chair, Dept. of Bioengineering
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona
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 Walter N. Hittelman, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
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 Matthew Moyle, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, R&D
Chief Scientific Officer
Spaltudaq Corporation
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Jacqueline R. Northcut
President and CEO
BioHouston, Inc.
Houston, Texas
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 Robert Orr, (B.S. '81 Rice)
VP Worldwide Organizational Effectiveness Pfizer, Inc., New York |
 Sharon Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Dir., MSTP; Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular & Human Genetics;
Cell & Molecular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
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 Matthew W. Prucka, BSEE (‘84 Rice)President
Prucka Engineering, Inc.
Houston, Texas
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 Kristina M. Ropella, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Michael A. Savageau, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering
University of California - Davis
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 Rob Thomson (Ph.D. '97 Rice)
Product Specialist
W.L. Gore & Associates
Flagstaff, Arizona
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David A. Tirrell, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Chemistry &
Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
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 Dan Watkins, Ph.D. (B.S. '85 Rice)
Managing Director
DFJ Mercury Ventures
Houston, Texas
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 Youseph Yazdi, Ph.D. (B.S. '87)
Corporate Director, Science and Technology
Johnson & Johnson (COSAT)
New Brunswick, NJ
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Emeritus EAC Members
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James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Conrad Masterson
CEO, Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Weitao Yang, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry,Duke University
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