Scott Manalis

Scott Manalis is the David H. Koch (1962) Professor of Engineering and faculty member in the departments of biological and mechanical engineering at MIT. He is the associate department head of the biological department and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and MIT’s Center for Precision Cancer Research. His research group develops novel instrumentation for cancer research. Dr. Manalis was the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the Department of Defense. He was previously selected by Technology Review magazine as one of the 100 innovators under the age of 35 whose work and ideas "will have a deep impact on how we live, work and think in the century to come." He received the B.S. degree in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the PhD degree in applied physics from Stanford University.