John D. Joannopoulos

Professor of Physics, MIT, WiTricity co-founder

John was a member of the MIT research team that developed both the theoretical basis and experimental validation of this novel method for wireless power  transfer.  He is a Professor of Physics at MIT, and was awarded the Francis Wright Davis Chair in 1996.  He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.  He has been on the Faculty of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor of Physics (1974), Associate Professor of Physics (1978), Professor of Physics (1983).  He has served as Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters, member of the Editorial Board of Reviews of Modern Physics, and was appointed as the Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies in 2006.  Professor Joannopoulos is the author or co-author of about 500 refereed scientific journal articles, three textbooks on Photonic Crystals, and holds over 50 issued U.S. Patents. He is co-founder of two other start-up companies: OmniGuide and Luminus Devices.  Professor Joannopoulos is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1983) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002). He has been an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1976–1980) and John S. Guggenheim Fellow (1981–1982).  He is the recipient of the Student Council Graduate Teaching Award (1991), the William Buechner Teaching Prize (1996), the David Adler Award of the American Physical Society (1997), and the School of Science Graduate Teaching Award (2002). Since 2003, he has been recognized as one of the Thompson ISI most Highly Cited Researchers.

Peter Fisher, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics, MIT, WiTricity co-founder

Peter was a member of the MIT research team that developed both the theoretical basis and experimental validation of this novel method for wireless power  transfer.  He is a Professor of Physics at MIT and is Division Head for Experimental Particle and Nuclear Physics.  Peter received a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1988.  His main research activities are the experimental detection of dark matter using a new kind of detector with directional sensitivity and understanding the weak interactions using tau decay.  His other projects include neutrino physics, new means of energy production, and development of new kinds of particle detectors.

Aristeidis Karalis, ScD

WiTricity co-founder

Aristeidis is a founder of WiTricity Corp. (2007), and was a member of the MIT research team that developed both the theoretical basis and experimental validation of this novel method for wireless energy transfer. Aristeidis is a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. He received his Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2008. He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and his B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Aristeidis is a co-author of nine scientific articles and six patents. He was awarded the Paris Kanellakis Fellowship and the Ioannis S. Latsis Fellowship as a student at MIT.

Kenneth A. Horowitz

Advisor

Ken is highly experienced in bringing technological innovations to the market place.

Ken was one of the original founders of Cellular One in the early 1980's and was instrumental in creating the cellular industry. He acquired radio frequency spectrum and built dozens of key markets from the ground up including, New York, NY. Ken was an early Director of the Cellular Telephone Industry Association and provided significant expert testimony to the FCC and State Public Utility Commissions concerning radio frequency spectrum and the development of the cellular industry.

He graduated with honors from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University and was published in Science, 189, 478-480 (1975) and Physiology and Behavior, 21, 233-238 (1978).

Ken holds 9 patents and has launched numerous technology businesses. Most recently Ken developed a derivative financial product and electronic trading platform that will provide homeowners and business owners a transparent and fully-regulated means to hedge financial risks associated with hurricanes. Ken has served as a director or advisor of private and publicly held companies as well as philanthropic organizations. His interests, expertise and investments center on wireless telecom, early stage technology, marketing, banking, venture capital and real estate.