DAVID EDWARDS

David Edwards is a scientist, inventor and writer.David's inventions and startups have led to FDA-approved products such as Inbrijia, inhaled L Dopa for treatment of Parkinson’s disease, and consumer wellness products, such as FEND. David was Professor of the Practice of Bioengineering at Harvard University in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences from 2001 to 2019, and transitioned to Associate at the start of the pandemic. He currently holds a position of Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, where he works within the Wilmer Institute of Ophthalmology. At Harvard, David’s innovation learning programs helped pioneer new ways of teaching creativity, as reflected in his cultural center Le Laboratoire in Paris, and captured by his most recent book Creating Things That Matter (Holt 2018), Nautilus Book Award winner in 2018 in the category of creativity. David has received many international honors and awards, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering in the USA and in France, a member of the National Institute of Inventors, and a Chevalier of the Arts & Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. He has an honorary doctorate degree from Rosalind Franklin University (Chicago Medical School), is the founder of Cafe ArtScience, an innovation restaurant that operated near MIT from 2014 to 2021, and is the author of books ranging from applied mathematics to fiction and nonfiction.