Laura Waller, Ph.D.

Waller is an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. She received B.S., M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer of physics at Princeton University. Waller is a Packard fellow, a Moore Foundation Data-Driven Investigator, a Bakar fellow, an Optical Society (OSA) fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow and a Chan-Zuckerberg investigator. She received the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, the OSA Adolph Lomb Medal, the Ted Van Duzer Endowed Professorship, an NSF CAREER Award and an SPIE Early Career Achievement Award.