Kristofer S. J. Pister
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Kristofer Pister is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is well known for his academic MEMS work on Smartdust and the SUGAR (MEMS Simulator), as well as his membership in the JASON Defense Advisory Group He also has a son named Stark Kristofer Pister. Pister
[edit] Professional History
Kristofer Pister is a professor at the University of California Berkeley, where he has taught since 1997. Prior to that he was a professor at the University of California Los Angeles.
Dr. Pister initially focused on MEMS and has since shifted his lab focus toward integrated circuits. Many of his innovations have been at the intersection of the two. His Smartdust concept led to the founding of Dust Networks [1]. The inventor of Smart Dust and a longtime leader in the academic wireless sensor networking community, Kris Pister co-founded Dust Networks in 2002 to deliver his vision of a commercially robust wireless sensor networking platform. Kris is the chief architect of Dust Networks’ patent pending Dust SmartMesh technology, and also provides a strong technology vision for the company and for the wireless sensing industry- Kris is a frequent invited speaker and lecturer on wireless sensor networking and related core technologies. Prior to joining Dust, Kris successfully commercialized or licensed micromachine technologies with Tanner Research, OMM Inc., Xactix, and Sony.
Kris Pister is also the originator of the fold up Silicon quick reference macro-crystal[2].
[edit] Educational Background
Kris holds a PhD and MS in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley and a BS from UC San Diego.
