Gregory Kovacs , PhD

Associate Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Gregory T. A. Kovacs received the B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., in 1984, the M.S. degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, in 1990 and the M.D. degree from Stanford University in 1992. His industry experience includes the design of high-speed data acquisition systems, the design of instruments for GaAs device fabrication, commercial and consumer product design, extensive patent law consulting, and the co-founding of several companies, most recently Cepheid, Inc., in Sunnyvale, CA. In 1991, he joined Stanford University and is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He teaches courses in electronic circuits and micromachined transducers. He held the Robert N. Noyce Family Faculty Scholar Chair in 1992 - 94, received an NSF Young Investigator Award in 1993, was appointed a Terman Fellow in 1994, was appointed to the Defense Sciences Research Council in 1995 and was appointed a University Fellow in 1996. His present research areas include solid-state sensors and actuators, micromachining, neural/electronic interfaces, integrated circuit fabrication, medical instruments, and biotechnology, all with emphasis on solving practical problems. Gregory T. A. Kovacs received the B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., in 1984, the M.S. degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, in 1990 and the M.D. degree from Stanford University in 1992. His industry experience includes the design of high-speed data acquisition systems, the design of instruments for GaAs device fabrication, commercial and consumer product design, extensive patent law consulting, and the co-founding of several companies, most recently Cepheid,