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Blum Center for Developing Economies
The University of California, Berkeley
Blum Hall, #5570
Berkeley, CA 94720-5570

Head Faculty Advisor:
Dan Fletcher,  PhD, Faculty Director of the Blum Center, Founder of the Health Technologies Collaboration Laboratory, Purnendu Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems, and a Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Program Director:
Yael Perez, PhD, Director of DevEng Programs

Academic and Prospective Students Advising 
Valerie Moss, Program Manager & Student Advisor
Chetan Chowdhry, Director of Student Programs
Yael Perez, Ph.D., Director of DevEng Programs

Career and Professional Development Guidance:

Adrianne Johnson, Career Development Manager

Concentrations Advising Committee:

  • AI and Data Analytics: Prof. Anil Aswani,  
  • Sustainable Design Innovations: Prof. Alice Agogino
  • Healthcare Transformations: Prof. Laura H. Kwong, 
  • Energy, Water, and the Environment: Prof. Paolo D’Odorico
  • Community-Based Ecosystem Stewardship: Dr. Khalid Khadir 
  • Self-Designed Concentration: Dr. Yael Valerie Perez, Director of DevEng Programs

Internships:
Adrianne Johnson, Career Development Manager
Chetan Chowdhry, Director of Student Programs
Maryanne McCormick, Executive Director

Communications:
Sam Goldman, Communication and Administrative Officer

Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem:
Phillip Denny, Director, Big Ideas Contest

Curriculum and Admission Committee

Prof. Kara Nelson

Prof. Amy Pickering 

Prof. Matthew Potts
Dan Fletcher,  PhD, Faculty Director; Professor of BioEngineering


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