Harpreet Sareen

Harpreet Sareen
Resident

Harpreet creates cutting edge bionic materials and hybrid substrates that lend themselves for future ecological machinery, sensing systems, and interaction design. His research is situated at the intersection of Material Science, Biology, and Electronics, and draws on the complementary abilities of the biological and artificial worlds. He terms this ‘Convergent Design.’  

Harpeet has worked at Google Creative Lab and Microsoft Research, was named a MIT Technology Review Under 35 Innovator, and has received numerous accolades, including the CHI Golden Mouse, and the SXSW Interactive Innovation Award. His academic work has been published at peer-reviewed conferences including CHI, DIS, and IEEE VR. His artwork has been showcased at Ars Electronica Festival, Somerset House, CID Grand Hornu, Garden Museum (Somerset, UK), Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, and the MIT Museum.

Harpreet earned a graduate degree in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab and has previously lived and worked in Austria, India, Japan, Singapore and USA. Harpreet is currently an Assistant Professor of Interaction and Media Design at Parsons School of Design.