Biography - full biography
Paul K. Wright assumed the position of Chief Scientist for CITRIS at UC Berkeley in January 2006. CITRIS is the Center for Information Technology in the Interests of Society. It serves 4 UC campuses and hosts many multi-disciplinary projects on large societal problems such as healthcare, services and intelligent infrastructures such as energy, water and sustainability. He is a professor in the mechanical engineering department, where he holds the A. Martin Berlin Chair. Wright also serves as co-director of the Berkeley Manufacturing Institute (BMI) and co-director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC). From 1995 to 2005 he served as co-chair of the Management of Technology Program (a joint program with the Haas School of Business). His current research is in Energy Scavenging and Storage for Micro-electronics. Previous research was on Internet-based rapid-prototyping and manufacturing (CyberCut). Born in London, he obtained his degrees from the University of Birmingham, England and came to the United States in 1979 following appointments at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Cambridge University England.
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