Matthew Wheeler received his Ph.D. (Physiology and Biophysics) from Colorado State University in 1986. He is a professor in the University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences, Director of the Transgenic Animal Facility in the UI Biotechnology Center and an affiliate faculty member in the Beckman Institute Biological Sensors group. His fields of professional interest are microfluidics; nanometer-scale integrated systems, biology of single mammalian embryos and embryonic stem cells, remote sensing of embryo metabolism and embryonic health, microcalorimetry and MEMS actuators.
Honors: Named University Scholar, University of Illinois, 2002; H.H. Mitchell, Award for Excellence in Research and Graduate Teaching, UIUC (2001); Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2000); D.E. Becker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Counseling, Department of Animal Sciences, UIUC (1999); Honorary Lifetime Member, Sociedade Brasileira de Transferencia Embrioes (SBTE), Brazilian Embryo Transfer Society (1997).