Dr. Bor-Kai Hsiung

As a previous Biomimicry Fellow at The University of Akron, Bor-Kai worked with many sponsor companies (including Fortune 500 companies) who participated in the program, bringing biomimicry into their R&D processes in the hope for igniting sustainably innovations within these companies. Currently, Bor-Kai is a postdoc in Dr. Deheyn’s lab at SIO, UC San Diego, working on a research project sponsored by DARPA to investigate whether or not organisms can communicate with each other via radio frequency without the use of human technology. Other than research, Bor-Kai also involves in two biomimicry startups and serves as the Chief Science Officer at Hedgemon, Inc. The mission of Hedgemon is to develop an impact-absorbing platform technology inspired by hedgehogs that could improve human lives.