Jennifer Lewis is the Jianmin Yu Professor of Arts and Sciences, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor for Biologically Inspired Engineering in the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a core faculty member and co-lead of the 3D Organ Engineering Initiative at the Wyss Institute, and the NSF MRSEC Director at Harvard University. Lewis uniquely combines her multidisciplinary expertise in soft matter physics, materials science, and stem cell biology to create printable soft, functional, and biological inks and multi-material 3D printing methods for applications ranging from 3D printed electronics to vascularized human tissues.
Lewis has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. National Academy of Inventors, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received numerous awards, including the NAS James Prize for Science and Technology Integration, the Sigma Xi Gold Key Award, the Lush Prize for Scientific Research, the Materials Research Society Medal, the Department of Defense Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, and the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship.
Lewis was named to the inaugural list of Forbes’ 50 over 50: Vision, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, and Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. MIT Technology Review highlighted her work on microscale 3D printing as one of its “top 10 breakthrough technologies”, while her foundational work in bioprinting of vascularized human tissues was highlighted as “one of the top 100 science stories” by Discover magazine. Multiple startups are commercializing technology from her research lab ranging from 3D printed electronics to kidney therapeutics.