*Education - 2004, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - 2001, M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - 1998, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
*Professional Experience - Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Harvard University (Aug. 2021 - present) - Associate Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2024) Robert J. Wood Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences - Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, John A.Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University(Jul. 2012 - Jul. 2021) - Chair of Bioengineering, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University (Jul. 2019 - Jun. 2020) - Founding Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Jan. 2009 - Jun. 2020) - Professeur Invite (Visiting Professor), Institut de G´enie M´ecanique & Institut de Microtechnique, Ecole Polytechnique F´ed´erale de Lausanne (Jan. ´2014 - Apr. 2014) - Gastprofessur (Visiting Professor), Departements Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik, Eidgen¨ossische Technische Hochschule Z¨urich (Sep. 2013- Dec. 2013) - Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University (Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2012) - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University (Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2009) - Postdoctoral Research Engineer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, U. C. Berkeley (Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2005)
*Biography Robert Wood is the Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a National Geographic Explorer. Prof. Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab which houses expertise in multi-scale, multi-material fabrication for robots with features sizes ranging from sub-micrometer to meter and with arbitrary material combinations. His current research interests include microrobots, bioinspired and biomedical robots, soft robots, and robots for marine and space applications. He is the winner of multiple awards for his work including the DARPA Young Faculty Award, NSF Career Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, Air Force Young Investigator Award, Technology Review’s TR35, and multiple best paper awards. In 2010 Wood received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama for his work in microrobotics. In 2012 he was selected for the Alan T. Waterman award,the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious early career award. In 2014he was named one of National Geographic’s “Emerging Explorers”, and in 2018he was an inaugural recipient of the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal. Wood’s group is also dedicated to STEM education by using novel robots to motivate young students to pursue careers in science and engineering. |