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Kristofer Pister is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-directs the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center and the Swarm Lab. His research primarily focuses on micro robotics, synthetic insects, and smart dust. Pister is renowned for developing the Smart Dust project, which aims to create a complete sensing and communication platform within a cubic millimeter. His pioneering work allows thousands of dust motes to communicate simultaneously, facilitating applications in various fields, including healthcare and environmental monitoring. Prior to his tenure at UC Berkeley, he was a faculty member in Electrical Engineering at UCLA. Pister's significant contributions to science and technology have been recognized through several prestigious awards, including the Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation and the Alfred F. Sperry Founder Award. He earned his B.A. in Applied Physics from UC San Diego in 1986 and both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley in 1989 and 1992, respectively.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Joined the faculty focusing on research in micro robotics and smart dust technologies.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Taught in the Electrical Engineering Department before joining UC Berkeley.
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