Prof. Mathias Kolle
Associate Professor, MIT Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mathias Kolle obtained his diploma in physics from the Saarland University, Germany, and the University of Lorraine, France in 2006. Subsequently, he received his PhD from the Cavendish Laboratories, University of Cambridge, UK in 2010.
He worked as a postdoctoral researcher for Prof. Joanna Aizenberg at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of Harvard University, and joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as an Assistant Professor in 2013.
His research focuses on translating unique biological optical sensing, communication, and energy-conversion mechanisms into bioinspired, adaptive, and tunable micro-optical materials and devices.