Manu Prakash | |
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![]() Prakash at TED (2017) | |
Alma mater | MIT, IIT Kanpur |
Known for | Foldscope, Paperfuge |
Awards | MacArthur Fellows Program (2016), TED Senior Fellow (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioengineering |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Neil Gershenfeld |
Manu Prakash is an Indian scientist who is a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. Manu was born in Meerut, India. He is best known for his contributions to the Foldscope [1] and Paperfuge. [2] Prakash received the MacArthur Fellowship in September 2016. He and his team at Stanford University have developed a synchronous computer that operates using the physics of moving water droplets. [3] His work focuses on frugal innovation that makes medicine, computing and microscopy accessible to more people across the world. [4] [5] [6]
Manu Prakash was born in Meerut, India. He earned a BTech in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and an M.S. and PhD in Applied Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [7]
A Foldscope is an optical microscope that can be assembled from simple components, including a sheet of paper and a lens. It was developed by Jim Cybulski and Manu Prakash and designed to cost less than US$1 to build. It is part of the "frugal science" movement, which aims to make cheap and easy tools available for scientific use in the developing world. [8]
Paperfuge is a hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge designed by Manu Prakash and members of the Prakash Lab. Inspired by the whirlygig toy configuration, Dr. Manu designed a centrifuge using the toy's design and Supercoiling-mediated ultrafast spinning dynamics. The Paperfuge can be used to separate Plasma and RBC for rapid Malaria diagnosis in remote areas. [9] [10] [11]
TED Fellow 2009, TED Fellow 2010, TED Senior Fellow 2011 [12]
Gates Foundation Global Health “Explorations” Grant 2012 [13]
NIH Director's New Innovator Award 2015 [14]
MacArthur Fellow 2016 [15]
Unilever Colworth Prize 2020 [16]
Manu Prakash | |
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![]() Prakash at TED (2017) | |
Alma mater | MIT, IIT Kanpur |
Known for | Foldscope, Paperfuge |
Awards | MacArthur Fellows Program (2016), TED Senior Fellow (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioengineering |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Neil Gershenfeld |
Manu Prakash is an Indian scientist who is a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. Manu was born in Meerut, India. He is best known for his contributions to the Foldscope [1] and Paperfuge. [2] Prakash received the MacArthur Fellowship in September 2016. He and his team at Stanford University have developed a synchronous computer that operates using the physics of moving water droplets. [3] His work focuses on frugal innovation that makes medicine, computing and microscopy accessible to more people across the world. [4] [5] [6]
Manu Prakash was born in Meerut, India. He earned a BTech in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and an M.S. and PhD in Applied Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [7]
A Foldscope is an optical microscope that can be assembled from simple components, including a sheet of paper and a lens. It was developed by Jim Cybulski and Manu Prakash and designed to cost less than US$1 to build. It is part of the "frugal science" movement, which aims to make cheap and easy tools available for scientific use in the developing world. [8]
Paperfuge is a hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge designed by Manu Prakash and members of the Prakash Lab. Inspired by the whirlygig toy configuration, Dr. Manu designed a centrifuge using the toy's design and Supercoiling-mediated ultrafast spinning dynamics. The Paperfuge can be used to separate Plasma and RBC for rapid Malaria diagnosis in remote areas. [9] [10] [11]
TED Fellow 2009, TED Fellow 2010, TED Senior Fellow 2011 [12]
Gates Foundation Global Health “Explorations” Grant 2012 [13]
NIH Director's New Innovator Award 2015 [14]
MacArthur Fellow 2016 [15]
Unilever Colworth Prize 2020 [16]