Chris Myers named department chair
The Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering is pleased to welcome Chris Myers as Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering.
Myers comes to 鶹ѰBoulder from the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he was a professor and associate chair.
“I’m extremely excited about the opportunity to lead the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at 鶹ѰBoulder,” he said. “While we face many challenges, there are tremendous opportunities for growth. In addition to working with my excellent colleagues within the department, I’m also looking forward to working with my peers within the college to foster new collaborations between our departments.”
Myers received his BSdegree in electrical engineering and Chinese history in 1991 from the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology in Pasadena, California, and his master’s and PhDdegrees from Stanford University in 1993 and 1995, respectively.
He is the author of over 180 technicalpapers and the textbooksAsynchronous Circuit DesignandEngineering Genetic Circuits. He is also a co-inventoron fourpatents. His research interests include asynchronous circuit design, formal verification of analog/mixedsignal circuits and cyber-physical systems, and modeling, analysisand design of genetic circuits.
Myersreceived an NSF Fellowship in 1991, an NSF CAREER award in 1996, and best paper awards at the 1999 and 2007Symposiums on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems. Heis a fellow of the IEEEand a member of the editorial boards forACS Synthetic Biology,Engineering BiologyandSynthetic Biology, and has served on the editorial boards for theIEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems,IEEE Design & Test Magazine,IEEE Life SciencesLettersandFormal Methods in System Design.
He served as the director for the State of Utah Center ofExcellence in Asynchronous Circuit Design. Heis also a leader in the development of standards for systems and synthetic biology.In particular, he has served as an editor for the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) standard, is the chair of thesteering committee for the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) standardand is the chair of the coordinationboard for the Computational Modeling and Biology Network (COMBINE).
Myers takes the reins July 1 from Professor Robert Erickson, who has been serving as interim department chair since 2018.