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Pamela Abshire is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received the BS in physics with honor from the California Institute of Technology in 1992, and the MS and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Her main areas of expertise are in low power mixed-signal integrated circuits and CMOS biosensors. Her research advances integrated circuits that are informed by biology – taking inspiration from the organizational principles found in biological systems or providing for direct interface with biological systems. This includes biosensors, laboratory on CMOS systems, sensor interface circuits, adaptive VLSI circuits, information power efficiency, and hybrid systems incorporating CMOS, MEMS, optoelectronics, microfluidics, and biological components. She has developed sensors and signal processing circuitry for a variety of applications, including bioelectronic olfactory sensing, high performance imaging, cell viability sensors, and adaptive data conversion. Selected honors include an NSF CAREER award (2003) and elevation to IEEE Fellow for contributions to CMOS biosensors (2018). She previously served on the Emerging Technologies and Research Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of Commerce, on the Board of Governors for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and as General Co-Chair for the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. In 2019 she served on the IEEE Fellow Committee, the IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, and the IEEE Conference Publications Committee. She currently serves on the Microsystems Exploratory Council for the DARPA Microsystem Technology Office and as General Co-Chair for the IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS) 2023.