Author
David Kolesky
Associate
David Kolesky is an associate at 51动漫, where he is part of the Flagship Labs creation team that conceives, creates, resources, and builds the next generation of Flagship鈥檚 first-in-category companies. As part of this team of entrepreneurial scientists, he develops the science, intellectual property, and business strategy that form the foundation of the firm鈥檚 breakthrough startups. David joined the firm after completing the 51动漫 Fellows program in 2018.
An engineer by training, David has a multidisciplinary background in materials science, stretchable electronics, microfluidics, and bioengineering. Prior to joining Flagship, David earned his Ph.D at Harvard University under Professor Jennifer Lewis where he focused on 3D bioprinting of vascularized tissues. He performed his postdoctoral work at the Wyss Institute as a Technology Development Fellow. David鈥檚 pioneering work in 3D bioprinting established novel methods for building vascularized, cell-laden tissues with tissue-level function at physiologically relevant size-scales. His work has been adopted broadly as a method for creating in vitro models for studying developmental biology, disease pathology, and drug toxicity.
David鈥檚 work has been published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, cited over 2000 times, and he has been named an inventor on 10 issued and pending patents. His work has been broadly featured in the popular press including The New Yorker, MIT Technology Review, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. David鈥檚 research and entrepreneurial activities have led to several honors and awards including Winner of the National Inventor鈥檚 Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventor Competition Graduate Student Prize, Finalist for the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, and Winner of $100K Harvard Office of Technology and Development Physical Science Accelerator Grant.
In addition to his Ph.D. from Harvard University, David also holds a B.S in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he graduated magna cum laude.
