Manu Prakash
Manu Prakash is a physical biologist and a Professor from the Bioengineering Department at Stanford University, where he runs the Curiosity-driven Science lab . He is best known for the development of a $1 paper microscope - Foldscope - which he presented at TED Global 2012. His dream is to keep doing science to advance biology, science education and global health!
He was recently nominated an HHMI-Gates Faculty Scholar and a MacArthur Fellow.
He will be our opening Keynote Speaker!
(Image credits: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)