Nicole McFarlane received her PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010 and received her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Howard University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include mixed-signal integrated circuit design, analysis of information and power efficiency trade-offs in integrated circuit design, noise theory for electronic systems and development of biosensors for lab-on-chip applications.