Amy Herr

Amy Herr is the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. She leads the Herr Lab, affiliated with the Biological Systems & Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, QB3, and the Jacobs Institute of Design Innovation.

Research Interests: The Herr Lab focuses on engineering tools for single-cell and sub-cellular analysis, combining bioengineering, chemical engineering, and analytical chemistry to address challenges in clinical diagnostics, proteomics, and bioanalytical separations. Their work emphasizes scale-dependent physics, "mathematization" of biology, and AI-driven biomedical innovation.

Scientific Awards:

• Visionary of the Year award (Berkeley Chamber of Commerce)
• National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Grants & Collaborations: Herr is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, receiving unrestricted funding for biomedical research. She co-leads the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub, a campus-wide initiative for STEM entrepreneurship, and contributes to N95Decon research consortium on mask decontamination.