Tyler Chen - Berkeley's 2019 University Medalist
Channel: UC Berkeley
Date: 2019-05-10

Tyler Chen, a joint major in materials science and bioengineering, is this year’s winner of the University Medal. As UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior, he will receive $2,500 and deliver a speech to thousands of his peers at a campus-wide commencement ceremony at California Memorial Stadium next Saturday, May 18. 

His resume boasts a succession of impressive scientific and technological breakthroughs, plus a near-perfect GPA of 3.96. Chen also has a third-degree black belt in taekwondo and trains in “tricking,” a high-octane combo of martial arts and parkour.

This fall, he starts Ph.D. studies in bioengineering as a Knight Hennessy scholar at Stanford University. His goal is to develop neural devices that enable people with paralysis, speech impairment and other neurodegenerative diseases and muscle disorders to communicate “using their minds alone.”

To read the full story, visit: https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/05/10/medalist-2019/

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