Allison Okamura

Allison Okamura is the Richard W. Weiland Professor of Engineering at Stanford University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. She is Director of Graduate Studies for Stanford Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Science Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and Executive Committee Member of the Stanford Robotics Center. She is an IEEE Fellow and was previously editor-in-chief of the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Her awards include the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award, and Duca Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. She received her BS degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and PhD degree from Stanford. Her interests include haptics, teleoperation, mixed reality, medical robotics, soft robotics, and rehabilitation. Outside academia, she enjoys spending time with her family, running, and playing ice hockey.