Kristofer Pister

Kristofer S. J. Pister ("Kris Pister") is a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at University of California, Berkeley and the founder and CTO of Dust Networks.

He is known for his academic work on Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), their simulation (the SUGAR MEMS simulator), his work on Smartdust, and his membership in the JASON Defense Advisory Group.

He is the son of former Berkeley Dean of Engineering and former UC Chancellor Karl Pister.

Kristofer Pister is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1997.

Kris successfully commercialized or licensed micromachine technologies with Tanner Research, OMM Inc., Xactix, and Sony.