Manu Prakash
Manu Prakash
Affiliate - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Type:
Affiliate
School:
Medicine
Research Area(s):
Public Health
Biography
Manu Prakash works in the areas organismic biophysics and biology and frugal science for global health. His research group has been involved in technological interventions in resource-poor settings, trying to tackle public health problems. Prakash and his fellow researchers do this by spending time in the field and testing their inventions from the lab all the way to end users. Prakash is the recipient of a 2016 MacArthur "genius" grant.
Selected Publications by this Author
News & Press Releases
Starfish Larvae Create Complex Water Whorls to Eat and Run »
Tiny starfish larvae employ a complex and previously unknown survival mechanism involving whorls of water that either bring food to them or speed them away to better feeding grounds.
By Tom Abate,
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Media Coverage
Your phone's microphone could help cure malaria »
Discusses Manu Prakash's crowdsourced mosquito surveillance project.
By David Rowan,
Ted 2017: Frugal scientist offers malaria tools »
Profile of Manu Prakash, a bio-engineer at Stanford who designs cheap tools that can make a big difference in the poorest parts of the world.
By Jane Wakefield,
Features research by Manu Prakash and colleagues on using cellphones for tracking mosquitoes and fighting disease.
By Ed Yong,