Kristofer S.J. Pister
Professor · Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
University of California, BerkeleyAbout
Kristofer Pister is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-directs the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) and the Ubiquitous Swarm Lab. His career spans groundbreaking innovations in Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Control Systems, and Low-Power Circuits, with a focus on Smart Dust and synthetic insects.
- Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley (1992, 1989); B.A. in Applied Physics from UC San Diego (1986).
His research areas include MEMS, Control Systems, Robotics, and Integrated Circuits, with recent work on self-powered micro-sensors, crystal-free radios, and interplanetary swarm networks.
Key awards include the ISA Albert F. Sperry Founder Award (2009), Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize (2006), and the NSF CAREER Award (1996). He has authored numerous influential publications in wireless sensor networks and microrobotics.
His lab, Ubiquitous Swarm Lab, explores distributed robotics and swarm intelligence. Pister emphasizes open collaboration in research, ethical conduct in academia, and efficient resource utilization for graduate students.
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