About the Dean:
Andrew Szeri, a professor of mechanical engineering, was appointed Dean of the Graduate Division in July 2007. "Andrew has a distinguished career of engagement on issues surrounding graduate education, and interest in the welfare of graduate students," said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, George W. Breslauer.
As Graduate Dean, Professor Szeri is the chief advocate for graduate education, teaching, and research at Berkeley, working closely with the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate on policy and procedure related to graduate education. The dean also collaborates with other campus committees and units to ensure the high quality of graduate programs at Berkeley and to increase support for graduate students.
A specialist in fluid dynamics, Professor Szeri has been on the Berkeley faculty since 1997. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in 1988. Prior to his arrival at Berkeley, he held a post-doctoral appointment at Caltech and a faculty appointment at UC Irvine.
Professor Szeri conducts research in the areas of biomedical engineering and applied mathematics. His current projects include: flow physics of anti-HIV microbicide formulations, nonsurgical destruction of kidney stones with shock waves, feedback control of epileptic seizures, oxygen transport phenomena in blood substitutes, diagnostic and therapeutic uses of microbubbles in medicine, and biomedical transport processes and mixing in microscale devices.
A winner of several research and teaching awards, he supervises eight doctoral students and several undergraduates. |
