Michael Khoo PhD

Dr. Michael C. K. Khoo is the Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California. He earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. He obtained his MS and Ph.D. degrees in bioengineering from Harvard University. Following a couple of years of postdoctoral work, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California in 1983. He served as Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of Education and Outreach for the USC Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems Engineering Research Center from 2003 to 2010. Dr. Khoo is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, IEEE, and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a member of the American Physiological Society, Sleep Research Society, and American Heart Association. He was a member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Administrative Committee, Chair of the 2012 EMBS International Conference, and Vice-President of Conferences of the EMBS from 2014 to 2017. He has been the recipient of an NIH Research Career Development Award and an American Lung Association Career Development Award.