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Bart Machielse
PhD, Co-founder and Director of Photonic Technology, Lightsynq Technologies
Dr. Mihir Bhaskar
Senior Vice President, Lightsynq Technologies
Dr. Collins Oghor
Founder and CEO Kaüna
Dr. Ahmed Kerwan
Founder and CEO Taxo
Dr. Jeff Karp
Co-Chair of Scientific Advisory Board Akita Biosciences Professor of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Akita Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on redefining preventive and precision health by developing advanced nasal-spray technologies that strengthen the body’s natural defenses and deliver therapeutics more effectively. Lab-to-Launch Lounge Thursday, September 18, 2025 Dr. Jeff Karp is a distinguished professor of Anesthesiology at
Michael Finn Henry
President & Founder EndoShunt, PhD Candidate Harvard Biodesign Lab SEAS EndoShunt, provides trauma surgeons with a way to rapidly gain targeted control of abdominal hemorrhage. The company expects to receive FDA clearance in the next 18 months, following which it will begin a targeted launch in seven hospitals. Lab-to-Launch Lounge Thursday, September 18, 2025 Since his sophomore year of high school, Michael Finn Henry has been deeply involved in graduate-level research proje
Yudong Cao
Former Co-founder at Zapata and Head of Quantum and AI at BCG X After his postdoc at SEAS, he co-founded Zapata, a company born from Harvard IP with a meteoric run in quantum computing - attracted seed and Series A funding - but ultimately didn’t stick the landing. He’s since pivoted gracefully to lead Quantum & AI at BCG X, shaping cutting‑edge solutions. Lab-to-Launch Lounge Thursday, August 21, 2025 Yudong Cao is the Head of Quantum and AI at BCG X, the tech build & design
Grant Gonzalez
Co-founder and CTO at Tender Food Tender Food is a Boston-based food technology startup that creates realistic plant-based whole-cut meats, like pulled pork and chicken breast, using a proprietary fiber-spinning process. Its mission is to make alternative meats so delicious and affordable that eating animals becomes unnecessary. Lab-to-Launch Lounge Thursday, August 21, 2025 Grant Gonzalez is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Tender Food where he leads the reinve
Leif Jentoft
Co-founder and former CSO at Righthand Robotics Righthand Robotics' RightPick system is the best-in-class piece-picking solution for reliable and autonomous order fulfillment, driven by machine learning and AI, using proprietary industrial hardware. Lab-to-Launch Lounge Thursday, June 27, 2025 Leif Jentoft is a co-founder of RightHand Robotics, a company that provides hardware and software solutions for automating order-picking in logistics. He and his colleagues designed an
Prof. Katia Bertoldi
Soft, Stent-Like Device for Blood Pressure Control Professor Katia Bertoldi, William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics, Harvard SEAS Project Overview Problem: High blood pressure affects nearly half of US adults. Medication to reduce high blood pressure must be taken daily and almost 20% of people with hypertension cannot be successfully treated with these medicines. Proposed Solution: Researchers in the lab of Professor Katia Bertoldi are developing a soft
Prof. Kiyoul Yang and Mikhail Lukin
Optical Interconnects for Scalable Quantum Processing Professor Kiyoul Yang Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard SEAS Professor Mikhail Lukin Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor Co-Director of the Quantum Science and Engineering Initiative, Harvard Physics Department Project Overview The problem: Supercomputers, clusters of individual computers networked together, are used to process large amounts of data with applications in weather prediction, cr
Professor Kiyoul Yang
Integrated Chip-Scale Optical Switch and Amplifier Professor Kiyoul Yang Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard SEAS Project Overview Problem: The demand for data centers is expected to soar with the adoption of increasingly sophisticated AI tools. Data centers use large amounts of electricity and are estimated to account for between 6 and 12% of total US electricity use by 2028. Silicon photonics are being adopted in higher-end data centers to both decrease
Prof. Joanna Aizenberg & Asst. Prof. Jonathan Grinham
DryScreen: Dehumidification for carbon-conscious comfort in a warming world Prof. Joanna Aizenberg Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Asst. Prof. Jonathan Grinham Assistant Professor of Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design Project Overview The DryScreen system developed by an interdisciplinary team from SEAS and GSD aims to reduc
Prof. Shriya Srinivasan
Wearable Adaptive Vibrotactile Bracelet (WAVelet) for Spasticity Alleviation Prof. Shriya Srinivasan Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, SEAS Project Overview This GRID accelerator project will mature our wearable mechanostimulation system from benchtop prototype to translation-ready device, incorporating critical parameter optimization and user connectivity components necessary for large-scale clinical trials in patients with spasticity. Spasticity causes involuntary musc
Prof. Daniel Jacob
Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI): A software tool to monitor methane emissions using satellite observations Prof. Daniel Jacob Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, SEAS Project Overview There is growing demand from climate policy stakeholders to use satellite observations of greenhouse gases to quantify emissions. Our Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group (ACMG) at Harvard is widely recognized as the world leader in the develo
Dr. Santiago Canete Riaza
Restoring ambulation post-stroke: ankle exoskeleton to regain the ability and freedom to walk Dr. Santiago Canete Riaza Researcher Project Overview Over $56B is spent to treat stroke in the US annually and more than five million Americans live with impaired mobility post-stroke. Such impairment significantly affects both physical and mental wellbeing, impeding the recovery of quality-of-life and driving a downward spiral of other health consequences such as higher risk/exacer
Dr. Keith Powell
Ushering in the next generation of high-speed, low power consumption integrated circuits: lithium tantalate photonics Dr. Keith Powell Researcher Project Overview Integrated photonics is a nascent technology that integrates complex optical circuits and systems at chip scale. Much like how integrated electronics revolutionized the electronics industry over the last 60+ years, photonic circuits enable the next leap in circuity. Dr Keith Powell and the Loncar lab are developing
Prof. David A. Weitz
Engineering asymmetric polysaccharide-coated liposomes and lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery Prof. David A. Weitz Professor of Applied Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Project Overview The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of drug delivery. There, an mRNA was encapsulated inside a lipid-based container to protect it from degradation within the human body to engineer an efficient vaccine against COVID-19. However, vaccines
Dr. Helen Yang
OvaVision: transforming the fertility industry with AI-driven solutions Dr. Helen Yang Researcher Project Overview OvaVision is transforming the fertility industry with AI-driven solutions. With a PhD in Biophysics from Harvard University, Helen’s interdisciplinary research spans clinical IVF, physics, biology, and computer science. Her diverse expertise drives innovative approaches to reproductive health, integrating cutting-edge technology with deep scientific knowledge.
Prof. Jia Liu
AI-driven flexible bioelectronics therapeutics Prof. Jia Liu Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Department, Division, Center and/or Laboratory: Harvard SEAS Project Overview This project aims to develop an innovative approach to integrating modern electronics and AI with healthcare through the development of AI-driven flexible bioelectronics therapeutics. The project addresses the mismatch between traditional rigid electronics and the soft, dynamic nature of the human bod
Prof. Joanna Aizenberg
Artificial intelligence driven breathalyzers for disease detection Prof. Joanna Aizenberg Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Project Overview Getting reliable information for disease detection is a major challenge for existing diagnostic technologies, typically requiring invasive and time-consuming tests involving bodily fluids such as blood and urine. Over the past 5-10 years, molecules in the breath have been iden
Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis
AI-powered CAD design unlocks new potential in robotics, equipment, and more Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Project Overview Researchers in Jennifer Lewis’s lab are developing a new paradigm for CAD projects that reveals optimal versions of human-specified designs. In this method, the user inputs high-level design concepts and specifies device functionality, and AI
Prof. Patrick Slade
Navigation assistant for people with impaired vision or blindness Prof. Patrick Slade Assistant Professor of Bioengineering (Harvard Ability Lab) Project Overview We have developed a navigation system that overcomes all of these navigation challenges by combining novel computer vision techniques, sensor fusion, and personalized feedback to the user, requiring only a smartphone. We have provided extensive research testing to validate the mobility benefits and surveyed 99 poten
Prof. Joost Vlassak & Ben Schafer
Photophoretically levitating a communicating payload Prof. Joost Vlassak Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Materials Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Ben Schafer PhD Student, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Project Overview The mesosphere is an inaccessible region of the atmosphere (50-100 km altitudes) that is too high for conventional aircraft to generate lift, yet too low for satellites
Conor Walsh, PhD, Mark Etzelmuelle, Dabin Choe, Fivos Kavassalis
A soft lightweight wearable to deliver timed electrical stimulation to the ankle for improving everyday poststroke walking combined with a remote monitoring platform Conor Walsh, PhD (Harvard SEAS) project PI with other members of the lab contributing to the project Mark Etzelmueller Research fellow at the Harvard Move Lab. Project Lead and has strong interest in moving the technology towards translation. Dabin Choe (G5-Harvard) a PhD student who will lead data collection a
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