Prof. Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D., currently serves as UCLA Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and holds the Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Chair as Professor in School of Engineering (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering). He joined UCLA in 1991 to lead the research in micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) and served as the founding Director of the Center for Micro Systems. MEMS research at UCLA today is acknowledged among the best in the world. Prof. Ho is recognized as an internationally renowned scientist in fluidics, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the California NanoSystem Institute (CNSI).

Dr. Ho's research has had seminal impact in micro/nano fluidics, bio-technology and turbulence. He has published 190 papers and holds seven patents, and has presented over 60 keynote talks in international conferences. In 1997, Dr. Ho was elected to be a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In the next year, he was elected as an Academician of Academia Sinica, which honors scholars of Chinese origin with exceptional achievements in liberal arts and the sciences. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for his contributions in a wide spectrum of technical areas. He graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the National Taiwan University. After receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Ho started his academic career at the University of Southern California, where he rose to the rank of Professor.