CITRIS Distinguished Speaker Series: Darlene Solomon

• November 13, 2006: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
• Location: HP Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall, UC Berkeley campus

"Powering Future Growth: Innovating and Commercializing Breakthrough Technologies"

Darlene Solomon, Ph.D.
Agilent Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Agilent Labs

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Nov. 13 at 4:00 p.m. in the HP Auditorium, Soda Hall, UC Berkeley

Abstract:
Measurement is at the heart of many of the most exciting and challenging problems in technology today. Following a brief introduction to Agilent Technologies and Agilent Laboratories, the company's longer-range central R&D organization, Darlene Solomon will discuss key trends for electronic and bio-analytical measurement. She will provide examples of how breakthrough technologies enabled by Agilent Laboratories are changing the game for customers. She'll close with examples of technologies and markets that will be increasingly important in the coming decade, and innovative approaches to new business creation that Agilent is taking to address those opportunities.

Biography:
Dr. Solomon joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in 1984 as a member of the technical staff, subsequently holding a variety of research and management positions there, including R&D Manager for the Chemical and Biological Systems Department. She joined Agilent Technologies when the company was formed in 1999. Prior to being named to her current post, Solomon held the dual role of director of the Life Sciences Technologies Laboratory within Agilent Labs, as well as senior director, research and development/technology, for Agilent's Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis business.

She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Stanford University and a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With numerous patents and publications to her name, Solomon was inducted into the Women in Technology International's Hall of Fame in 2001.

 Sponsored by Infineon.

 

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