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Falko Kuester is a Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, in 2001. His research interests lie in scientific visualization, virtual reality, and collaborative workspaces, with a focus on multi-modal interfaces and the distributed remote visualization of large datasets. Prior to his current position, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and was a thrust leader at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), where he directed the Center of GRAVITY (Graphics, Visualization and Imaging Technology) and was a founding member of the Transdisciplinary Imaging Genetics Center. His technical expertise is complemented by his experience as a senior software engineer at Integrated Systems. Kuester has received several accolades, including the Fulbright Scholar award and recognition for his undergraduate and graduate research contributions. He has published extensively on monitoring earthquake-induced demands, hardware architecture for visualization education, and collaborative data exploration in virtual environments. His work seeks to enhance the application of immersive technologies in engineering education and research practices.
Integrated Systems • Sunnyvale, CA
Worked on system integration and software development.
University of California, Irvine • Irvine, CA
Conducted research and taught courses in Computer Graphics and Visualization.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Leads research in scientific visualization and virtual reality at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).