H. Tom Soh Named W.M. Keck Foundation Professor in Electrical Engineering at Stanford

Dr. H. Tom Soh, Professor of Radiology (Diagnostic Sciences Laboratory) and of Electrical Engineering, has been named the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, recognizing his groundbreaking work in biosensor systems, disease detection, and synthetic biomaterials. A faculty member at Stanford since 2015, Dr. Soh also holds secondary appointments in Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering. His interdisciplinary research spans synthetic biomaterials and integrated biosensor devices, with applications in precision medicine and diagnostics.

Before joining Stanford, Dr. Soh was the Ruth Garland Professor at UC Santa Barbara, and from 1999 to 2003, led MEMS device research at Bell Laboratories and Agere Systems. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science with Distinction from Cornell University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Soh's lab is affiliated with numerous research initiatives at Stanford, including Sarafan ChEM-H, Bio-X, the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, and the Stanford Cancer Institute. He is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a member of the National Academy of Inventors. His honors include the NIH Director’s TR01 Award, MIT Technology Review’s “TR100” Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Beckman and ONR Young Investigator Awards.

This professorship was endowed in 1990 through a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The foundation was established in 1954 by W.M. Keck Sr., founder of the Superior Oil Company, providing grants to universities and colleges throughout the U.S. with an emphasis on science, engineering, and medical research.

Learn more about his research lab here.