Michael Heller Co founded Nanogen and is presently professor at the departments of bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering of the university california, San Diego.

B.A. Biology, University of Connecticut, 1966; M.A. Chemistry, St. Joseph College, 1969; Ph.D. Biochemistry, Colorado State University, 1973; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University 1973-1976.

Supervisor, DNA Technology, Amoco Corporation, 1976-1984.

Director, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biosystems, 1984-1987

President/Chief Operating Officer, Integrated DNA Technologies, 1987-1989

Co-founder/ Chief Technical Officer, Nanogen,1993-2001

Presently, Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University California, San Diego. He also serves as an exclusive consultant to Nanogen. He has numerous patents and publications related to work on DNA microarrays, medical diagnostics and nanotechnology. Dr. Heller has served on several review panels for the National Nanotechnology Initiative.