# Meet Our People
The Fab Academy is possible thanks to the help of our global faculty and a large number of collaborators.
# Program Director
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld
Neil leads the academy with 20+ years of international teaching and research experience across 5 continents.
# Global Faculty
Topic leaders in Fab Academy topics
Tony Schmitz
Faculty
Dr. Tony Schmitz is an expert in machining dynamics, vibrations, and metrology. He has been a professor at the Universit...
Sophia Brueckner
Faculty
Sophia Brueckner is an artist and engineer who prototypes alternatives to the tech industry’s limited visions for how we...
Nadya Peek
Faculty
Nadya Peek develops unconventional digital fabrication tools, small scale automation, networked controls, and advanced m...
Tom Bodett
Faculty
Tom Bodett is a furniture maker and the founder of HatchSpace, a community woodshop and school in Brattleboro, VT. Tom’...
Debabrata Goswami (Debu)
Faculty
I am an ultrafast laser physicist with extensive experience in developing advanced instrumentation and precision techniq...
Adrian Bowyer
Faculty
Adrian Bowyer is the originator of the worldwide RepRap Project - a project that has created humanity's first general pu...
Alysia Garmulewicz
Faculty
Alysia Garmulewicz is the Co-CEO and founder of Materiom, a platform for bio-based material innovation. Alysia supports...
Eric Pan
Faculty
Eric Pan is the founder and CEO of Seeed Studio, a leading open hardware company that provides reference designs and sup...
# Lead Global Instructors
Experienced local instructors, with recognized areas of leadership in Fab Academy
Duaa Alaali
Bahrain
Duaa Alaali is an Electronics Engineer, STEAM instructor, and curriculum developer. She has been a Fab Academy Instructo...
Adrian Torres
Spain
Adrián Torres works as a railway professional at Adif, combining his expertise in Railway Engineering with a strong voca...
Saverio Silli
Italy
Saverio Silli is an Italian designer, maker, and educator with a career that spans architecture, stage design, film cost...
Rico Kanthatham
Japan
Rico Kanthatham is the Founder and Director of Skylabworkshop, where he leads innovative projects in digital fabrication...
Krisjanis Rijnieks
Finland
Krisjanis Rijnieks is an expert in digital fabrication and creative coding. He has been involved in the Fab Academy prog...
Ohad Yaacov Meyuhas
Israel
Ohad Yaacov Meyuhas is a PhD candidate in architecture at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and an Azrieli G...
Eduardo Chamorro
Spain
Architect and PhD with expertise in computational design, structural innovation, and digital fabrication, focusing on pa...
Ye Eun Miriam Choi
Korea
Located in Seoul, Korea, she has been an instructor, Global evaluator, and a member of the Assessment team of Fab Academ...
Saheen Palayi
India
Saheen is a hardware product designer and consultant at Super FabLab Kerala, specializing in rapid prototyping and desig...
Jani Ylioja
Finland
Jani Ylioja (MSc El.Eng.), Fab Academy graduate 2015 and Founder and director of Super Fab Lab Oulu, teaches the same su...
Jogin Francis
India
Jogin Francis is an Indian electrical engineer, maker, and educator from Kerala, specialising in digital fabrication, ma...
Pradnya Kunal Jagtap
India
Electrical engineer and postgraduate in project management with hands-on expertise in digital fabrication and STEM educa...
Nicolas De Coster
Belgium
As an instructor for Fab Academy since 2019, I participate in the Fab Labs network projects, advocate for open-source so...
Jens Dyvik
Norway
Jens Dyvik is an independent designer and researcher. As a former Fab Lab nomad and co-founder of Fellesverkstedet, he h...
Pablo Nuñez
Spain
Pablo Nuñez is founder of Fabrico tus Ideas, a project that started after graduation in the Fab Academy program in 2013....
Daniele Ingrassia
Germany
Daniele Ingrassia is the founder of InMachines, a company focused on open source digital fabrication machines based in G...
Nuria Robles
Spain
Nuria Robles is a mechanical engineer, maker, and educator whose work bridges digital fabrication, sustainability, and s...
Henk Buursen
The Netherlands
He started hacking the planet in 1965 and never stopped. With an intrinsic drive and a DIY mentality, he taught himself...
Suhas Labade
India
He holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering and is a digital fabrication expert with 13+ years of experience i...
# Support Global Instructor
Experienced local instructors, with recognized areas of leadership in Fab Academy
Babken Chugaszyan
Marius Araujo
Lucia Lucas
Mickael Pitarresi
Jogin Francis
Leo McElroy
Thorarinn Gunnarsson
Luc Hanneuse
Saheen Palayi
Mikhitar Evoyan
Gleb Bulygin
Anastasia Pistofidou
Adriana Cabrera
# Staff
Sherry Lassiter
Luciana Asinari
Chiara Dallolio
Julian Gallimore
Norella Coronell
Chelsea Lynn & Fab Academy Finances Team
Jani Ylioja, Ivan Milara
Jean-Michel Molenaar
And always with us... Fiore Basile