Antonio J. Ricco
Director, National Center for Space Biological Technologies, Stanford University
Chief Technologist, Astrobionics Program, NASA Ames Research Center

EDUCATION:                                                                                           

  • B.S., Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 1980
  • Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, MIT, 1984

WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • 2005 – present: Dublin City University: Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute
  • 2004 – present: Stanford University: Director, National Center for Space Biological Technologies
  • 2004 – present: NASA Ames Research Center: Chief Technologist, Astrobionics Program
  • 2003 – present: Eclipse Sciences, Inc., Los Gatos: President & co-founder
  • 2003 – 2004: Stanford University: Consulting Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • 2002 – 2004: NASA Ames Research Center: Director, Microtechnologies and Biosystems
  • 1999 – 2003: ACLARA BioSciences, Inc.: Sr. Director, Microtechnologies and Materials
  • 1996 – 1997: University of Heidelberg: Guest Professor, Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry
  • 1984 – 1998: Sandia National Laboratories: Principal Member, Technical Staff, Microsensor R&D Dept.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: at Stanford and NASA, development of remote, autonomous miniaturized analytical systems for fundamental space studies, particularly of living organisms; at Dublin City University and Eclipse Sciences, development of next-generation integrated point-of-care medical diagnostic devices.

PUBLICATIONS:  

AWARDS AND HONORS:

  • Science Foundation of Ireland E.T.S. Walton Visiting Fellow, Dublin City University, Ireland, 2004 – 2005
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Sensor Division, The Electrochemical Society, 2000
  • Fellow, The Electrochemical Society, 1998
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, Russian Mars ‘96 Project, 1997
  • Bunshah Award, Best Paper of Symposium, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films, 1991
  • Sigma Xi, 1984
  • MIT NPW Fellow in Alternative Energy Resources, 1982 – 1983
  • University of California Regents' Scholar, 1978 – 1980
  • Bruce Howard Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry, 1979
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1978
  • Bank of America Achievement Award, 1976
  • Sons of Italy Scholarship, 1976

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

·         Editorial Board, IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), 2000 – present

·         Editorial Board, IEE Proceedings – Nanobiotechnology, 2005 – 2006

·         Editorial Board, Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, 2003 – 2006

·         Editorial Advisory Board, Analytical Chemistry, 1999 – 2001

·         Editorial Advisory Board, Sensors Update, 1998 – 2003

·         Scientific Advisory Board, Microscale Immune Studies Laboratory, Sandia National Labs, 2006 – present

·         Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Sandia & Los Alamos National Laboratories, 2004 – 2008

·         Scientific Advisory Board, A-Line, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, 2004 – present

·         Scientific Advisory Board, Excellin Life Sciences, Menlo Park, CA, 2003 – present

·         Vice President, Transducer Research Foundation, 2004 – 2010

·         Member, NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), 2005 – present

·         Panelist, World Technology Evaluation Center Study on Biosensing, 2002 – 2003

·         International Steering Committee, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems, 1999 – 2007

OTHER LINKS:

http://www.bdi.ie

http://astrobionics.arc.nasa.gov

http://www.wtec.org/biosensing

http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/~muller/jmems.web

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stanford University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Center for Integrated Systems
CIS 218X
Stanford, CA 94305-4075

Office Phone: 650-604-4276

Email: ajricco_at_stanford.edu

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