MANNLAB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
Arkin directs fundraising and development efforts for MannLab, and serves as its chief liaison to investors, patrons and collaborators in mainland China. Arkin is the Chairman & CTO of VisionerTech Ltd., a Shenzhen-based company specializing in Video-See-Thru HDMs.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Director of Career Development for
Carly Janson is the Director of Career Development for MBA and mid-career students at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she works with MannLab to develop collaborations with Stanford Business School and to attract top Stanford talent into the lab.
Dan Braverman is responsible for executing the MannLab mission and overseeing its ongoing business operations. Dan began his career at BlackRock Financial Management after graduating from Princeton University with a BA in Religion. Following BlackRock, Dan graduated from Harvard Law School.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Clinical Professor
Dr. Kliot is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine where he is also Director of the Peripheral Nerve Center. Dr. Kliot has pushed the frontiers of peripheral nerve surgery by pioneering new imaging and surgical techniques.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Chief Engineer at the Software Institute
- Professor
Professor Dai is Chief Engineer at the Software Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science, China's national science academy. Professor Dai is regarded as China's leading pioneer in the development of Computer User Interface research and development.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab
Hiroshi Ishi is the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. Ishi founded the Tangible Media Group, which he currently directs. Hiroshi's research focuses upon the design of seamless interfaces between humans, digital information, and the physical environment.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Professor at Stanford University
Jeremy Bailenson is a professor at Stanford University and the founding director of Stanford's world-renowned Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Jeremy is one of the world's leading experts in virtual reality (VR), and a co-founder of StriVR Labs.
Job Titles:
- Chief Prototyping Engineer
Kyle was Electromechanical Wizard at Active Surplus, Canada's legendary hub for makers and the birthplace of the world's first wearable computer made by Steve Mann. Before that, he led R&D at an educational robotics company delivering custom solutions to a wide range of clients.
Liu Heung Shing is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist whose work over 4 decades has documented China's economic boom and changing aspirations. His photography has captured news from around the globe and been plastered throughout the world's best known papers.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Professor and Chair of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine
Michael Snyder is the Stanford B. Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Snyder has been a co-founder of a number of successful biotech companies, including Exelixis, Protometrix, Affomix, SensOmics and Qbio.
Job Titles:
- Lead Research Advisor
- Scientist, Engineering Researcher
Ryan Janzen is a scientist, engineering researcher, and entrepreneur. Featured on the Discovery Channel, Wired magazine, and Through the Wormhole, Janzen's innovations have been featured in 110+ international lectures, media interviews, and scientific publications.
Professor Steve Mann (PhD, MIT '97), widely regarded as the Father of Wearable Computing, is an inventor best known for his work in wearable computing, augmented reality, and the invention of HDR (high dynamic range) imaging which is used in nearly every digital camera and smartphone today, including the iPhone. Professor Mann and his team of world-class collaborators have built technology companies with a combined valuation of over $1 billion.
Mann created the world's first wearable augmented reality computer in his childhood in 1974 to visualize electromagnetic radio waves, and has been building the field of phenomenological augmented reality for over 40 years, including the founding of the MIT wearable computing project as its first member, inventing the world's first smartwatch, the world's first contact-lens display, the first implantable eye camera, and the first underwater musical instrument (for which he coined the term Natural User Interface). Mann is a tenured full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and General Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society.
Professor Steve Mann (PhD, MIT), widely regarded as the Father of Wearable Computing, is an inventor best known for wearable computing, augmented reality, and the invention of HDR (high dynamic range) imaging. Steve is a tenured full professor in ECE at the University of Toronto.
Thomas A. Furness III is an American inventor, professor, and virtual reality pioneer based in Seattle, Washington best known for his contributions in developing human interface technology, for which he has earned the title, "Grandfather of Virtual Reality."
Professor Chen has been working on wearable computing for over 20 years, and is China's leading authority in the field. Professor Chen was a student of Professor Mann's at MIT in the 1990's, after which he went on to introduce wearable computing into China.