Please join us for the 2025 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture!
Jennifer Lewis
Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Wyss Institute, Harvard University
DATE: Monday, November 3, 2025
TIME: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET, reception to follow
LOCATION: MIT Building 10 Room 250
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ABSTRACT
The ability to pattern soft and living matter in three dimensions is of critical importance for several emerging applications. In this talk, Lewis will begin by describing the design of printable materials for direct and embedded 3D printing. She will then introduce representative functional, structural, and biological inks as well as sophisticated printhead designs for fabricating soft materials ranging from soft electronics to robotic matter. Finally, Lewis will highlight our efforts to create vascularized human tissues via a tight integration of stem cell biology, organoid building blocks, and bioprinting.
ABOUT JENNIFER LEWIS
Jennifer Lewis is the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Her research focuses on the digital manufacturing of functional, structural, and biological materials. Multiple startups are commercializing technology from her lab ranging from 3D printed electronics to kidney therapeutics. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Lewis has received numerous awards for her work, including the NAS James Prize for Science and Technology Integration.