Kristofer S. J. Pister is the Founder and Chief Technologist at Dust Networks since 2002. Pister has also served as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley since 1996. Prior experience includes an Assistant Professorship in EE at UCLA from 1992 to 1997. Pister earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992, following a B.A. in Applied Physics from UC San Diego in 1986.