John Rogers

Professor John A. Rogers obtained BA and BS degrees in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989.  From MIT, he received SM degrees in physics and in chemistry in 1992 and the PhD degree in physical chemistry in 1995.

Following appointments at Harvard University (Junior Fellow), Bell Laboratories (Member of Technical Staff and Director) and University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (Swanlund Chair Professor), in 2016 he joined Northwestern University as the Simpson/ Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chemistry and Neurological Surgery, where he is also the founding Director of the newly endowed Center on Bio-Integrated Electronics.

Rogers’ research has been recognized with many awards including the Lemelson-MIT Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship.  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences