Ana Claudia Arias
Regular biography
Ana Claudia Arias is a Professor in the EE Division and serves as the Division Chair at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on Physical Electronics (PHY) and Power and Energy (ENE), with an emphasis on flexible and printed electronics. She is affiliated with the Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research (BETR) and Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC). Arias's work involves the development of electronic materials processed from solution for flexible electronic systems, including the fabrication of large-area devices and sensors using printing techniques. She joined UC Berkeley in 2011 and holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Scholar-generated biography
Ana Claudia Arias is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, specializing in Flexible Electronics. Her research focuses on developing innovative materials and fabrication techniques for large area electronics, with applications in wearable medical devices, flexible hybrid electronics, and printed optoelectronics. Her work explores solution-based approaches for creating flexible and stretchable power sources, biosensing systems, and organic optoelectronic sensors. Arias has contributed significantly to the field through studies on polyfluorene-based photovoltaics, flexible displays, and impedance sensing for health monitoring. Her research emphasizes the integration of soft and hard electronics for wearable health applications.