The Harvard Biodesign Lab brings together a highly multidisciplinary group of researchers and staff from the engineering, industrial design, apparel and medical communities to develop technologies that augment and restore human performance. In addition to traditional academic research, the lab is also highly translation-focused and has a track record of securing and delivering on large government funded projects (e.g. DARPA Warrior Web) that partially or fully support dedicated staff engineers who are part of the Wyss Institute’s translation team and work directly alongside the academic researchers.
Biodesign Lab 2014 Summer Trip to Purity Springs | Biodesign Lab 2017 Lab Retreat at Friendly Crossways |
Biodesign Lab 2021 Boston Triathlon | Biodesign Lab 2021 Pumpkin Carving Contest |
Biodesign Lab 2019 Bionic 5K | Biodesign Lab 2022 Bionic 5K |
Biodesign Lab 2022 Harvard SEAS Commencement |
Professor Conor Walsh (PI)Conor is the Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the John A. Paulson Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an Associate Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. |
Lab Administrator Frey Tesfaye |
Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Associates
Dr. Adam Quirk Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Dr. Prabhat Pathak Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Dr. Nicholas Bira Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Dr. David Pont Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Dr. Christina Lee Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Dr. Santiago Canete Riaza Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Graduate Students
Umut Serdar Civici (G1) |
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Fivos Kavassalis (G1) |
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Sarah Cavanagh (G2) |
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Claire Traweek (G2) |
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Elizabeth Suitor (G3) |
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Harrison Young (G3) |
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James Arnold (G3) |
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Philipp Arens (G4) | |
David Farrell (G4) | |
Lauren Baker (G5) | |
Myles Cooper (G5) | |
Dabin Choe (G6) | |
Chih-Kang Chang (G6) | |
Connor McCann (G6) |
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Jonathan Alvarez (G6) | |
Krithika Swaminathan (G7) | |
Yichu Jin (G7) | |
Yu Meng (Kate) Zhou (G7) | |
Christopher Siviy (G8) |
Research Staff and Wyss Staff Collaborators
Jesse Grupper Research Fellow |
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Jason Cherin Research Fellow |
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Dr. John Paul Bonadonna Research Occupational Therapist |
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Mark Etzelmueller Biomedical Engineer |
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Emilia Mann Functional Apparel Research Fellow |
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Marija Bakoc Research Fellow |
Visiting Graduate Students
Flore Barde (EPFL) |
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Pierre Gaultier (ETH Zürich) |
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Farasoa Deborah Rajaona (EPFL) |
Undergraduate Students
Shekinah Newson | |
Sarah Erickson | |
Harini Kannan |