Brad Nelson, Ph.D.

Soft Microrobotics and its Application in Medicine

Biography

Brad Nelson HeadshotBrad Nelson has been the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich since 2002. He has over thirty years of experience in the field of robotics and has received a number of awards in the fields of robotics, nanotechnology, and biomedicine. He was named to the “Scientific American 50”, Scientific American magazine’s annual list recognizing fifty outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology. His lab is the undefeated international champion in Robocup’s Nanogram Soccer League, and he is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the “Most Advanced Mini Robot for Medical Use.” His research group has won more than a dozen best paper awards at various international conferences and in international journals.

Prof. Nelson serves on the advisory boards of a number of academic departments and research institutes across North America, Europe, and Asia and is on the editorial boards of several academic journals. He has been the Department Head of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH, Chairman of the ETH Electron Microscopy Center, and is a member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation. He is also a member of the board of directors of three Swiss companies.