Former Staff

Dr. Michael D. Cable

Former BSAC Executive Director (2016 - 2020)
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Executive Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (2016 - 2020)

Prior to BSAC, Dr. Cable worked at a number of early-stage technology companies commercializing university-based research. These include the CEO of Matrix Sensors (MEMS-based biological and environmental sensors), CTO of Xenogen (pre-clinical bioluminescent imaging), and high-level positions at Nanomix, Xradia, Fovi Optics, and Quantum Dot. He has also worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (laser fusion) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (physical biosciences).


Dr. Cable...

Jonathan Candelaria

Former BSAC Executive Director (2022 - 2025)
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Jonathan Candelaria has over 45 years of experience in the electronics industry. Before joining UC Berkeley, where he served as the Executive Director for the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC) from 2022 - 2025, he was the Executive Director of the SystemX Affiliates program at Stanford University. Before that, he was a Research Program Director at the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and has held various engineering and management positions with Motorola, Inc. and Texas Instruments.

While at Motorola he was awarded the Motorola Patent of the Year for an invention...

John M. Huggins

Former BSAC Executive Director (2002 - 2016)
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Executive Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (2002 - 2016)

MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (1973); Stanford High Tech Executive Institute.

Founder & CEO of TDK Systems Inc; VP, Advanced Development, Silicon Systems Inc; Telecom development manager, Intel Corporation.

Guest Editor and Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits; Technical Program Committee, International Solid State Circuits Conference 5 years.

Chair, PCMCIA communications standards subcommittee.

Five U.S. Patents. Research...