Douglas Densmore, PhD Professor (ECE, BME, MSE)
Education PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2007Primary Appointment Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
In the News
July 23, 2026
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the College of Engineering $20 million to help create a national network of cloud labs, artificial intelligence-infused research facilities that can remotely run science and engineering studies. The network will allow researchers from anywhere in the country to request complex experiments and tests that they don’t have the equipment or expertise to do themselves. [ More ]
Areas of Interest High level languages for synthetic biology
Data exchange standards for biological parts and devices
System level design of embedded systems
Computer architecture
Design for test
Publications
Honors and Awards 2021 AIMBE Fellow
2021 Societal Engineering Impact Award (BU)
2016 Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow (BU)
2015 IEEE Senior Member
2015 ACM Senior Member
2013 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium participant
2013 Ignition Award (BU)
2013 College of Engineering Early Career Excellence Award (BU)
2013 NSF CAREER Award
2012-14 Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow (BU)
2012 Dean’s Catalyst Award (BU)
2012 ECE Award for Excellence in Teaching (BU)
2010 Richard and Minda Reidy Family Career Development Professor (BU)
2008, 2009, 2011 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition Best Software Tool
2007-2009 UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Classes Taught EC311 Introduction to Logic Design
EC327 Introduction to Software Engineering
EC551 Advanced Digital Design with Verilog and FPGA
EC552 Computational Synthetic Biology for Engineers
Additional Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering
Bioinformatics
Division of Materials Science & Engineering
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry Program (MCBB)
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