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Jessica Boles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and a UCB Presidential Chair Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT and B.S./M.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on power electronic circuits, piezoelectric-based components, and their applications in energy sustainability and miniaturization. She leads the Berkeley Power and Energy Center (BPEC) and co-launched UCB’s new power and energy curriculum.
Education:
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, MIT (2022)
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2017)
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2015)
Research interests include piezoelectric resonators for high-efficiency DC-DC conversion, MEMS integration, and electromechanical energy storage. Her work bridges power electronics with acoustics, materials science, and control systems. Recent projects explore piezoelectric transformers achieving 1 kW/cm³ power density and magnetic-less energy conversion systems.
Awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2025), NASA Early Career Faculty Award (2025), ARPA-E IGNIITE Award (2024), and multiple best paper/prize letter awards from IEEE conferences.
Advising/grants: Supervises students like Sourav Naval (UC Berkeley EECS Tong Leong Lim Prize recipient) and Tucker Skinner (NSF Fellow). Active grants include NSF CAREER and NASA Early Career funding. Her group collaborates across disciplines to advance power electronics for renewable energy and miniaturized systems.
Labs/Teams: Directs the Boles Research Group at BPEC, focusing on piezoelectric-based power electronics innovation and interdisciplinary collaborations in MEMS, packaging, and grid applications.
