Kenneth Diller

Dr. Diller is an internationally recognized thought leader on human bioheat transfer and thermoregulation and holds 25 patents in the field. He brings over 45 years of experience in bioheat transfer research and has held prime leadership roles in major national and international engineering and scientific organizations and journal editorial boards. Diller is founding chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Department at UT Austin, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UT Houston Medical School, and he is a Clare Hall College Life Fellow at the University of Cambridge, England. He has been awarded over $37 million in research grants from NSF, NIH, NASA, and multiple foundations and corporations, and has authored more than 300 books and scientific papers. Diller is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UT-Austin where he maintains an active research program on bioheat transfer, therapeutic hypothermia, and human thermoregulation processes. Diller holds a B.S. (with honors) and Master of Science from The Ohio State University and a Doctor of Science from MIT, all in mechanical engineering.