Michelle Khine is an American bioengineer who is a distinguished scientist and innovator at the University of California, Irvine, co-founder of Fluxion Biosciences Inc., the scientific founder of the Shrink nano-technology platform, as well as the Assistant and Founding Professor of the School of Engineering at UC Merced.
Khine, an associate biomedical engineering professor in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is responsible for experimenting with childhood toys Shrinky Dinks to build microfluidic channels.
Khine is a widely published researcher, with multiple patents grants and honors including the 2009 MIT Technology Review: TR35 Award: Selected as Top 35 Innovator under 35 in the world.
Michelle continued her education at UC Berkeley and UCSF receiving her PhD in 2005, under Luke P. Lee, in Bioengineering.
[1] In September 2009, Khine was honored with the 2009 MIT Technology Review TR35 Award: Selected as Top 35 Innovator under 35 in the world.