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Will Biederman

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Will Biederman
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Washington
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Co-founder, Forest Neurotech
Known forFounding team, Verily
Co-founder, Forest Neurotech
AwardsNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
DoD NDSEG Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsHealth technology,
Continuous glucose monitoring,
Brain-Computer Interface
InstitutionsForest Neurotech
Doctoral advisorJan Rabaey

Will Biederman is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He was a founding Verily team member and led the development of the Dexcom G7 in the company's partnership with Dexcom.[1][2] The G7 launched worldwide in 2022 and the partnership generated more than $500M of revenue for Verily, the most of any Verily program reported to date.[3][4]

He is currently co-founder and CTO of Forest Neurotech, a non-profit Focused Research Organization developing the next generation of brain-computer interfaces using ultrasound.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Education

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Biederman received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, and his PhD in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley under the advisement of Dr. Jan Rabaey. His work as a graduate student on miniaturized chips for brain-computer interfaces was subsequently licensed by Neuralink.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Slawski, Bill (March 14, 2016). "Google Assigns 148 Medical Patents to Verily Life Sciences". SEO by the Sea ⚓.
  2. ^ Franchino, Dave (September 29, 2019). "Reflections on Delve Talks, Part 2: Building a Culture of Innovation". www.Delve.com.
  3. ^ "Dexcom and Verily Amend Collaboration and License Agreement". investors.dexcom.com.
  4. ^ "Dexcom G7 Launches in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Hong Kong – Initiating Global Rollout of World's Most Powerful Continuous Glucose Monitoring System". investors.dexcom.com.
  5. ^ "FRO Portfolio". Convergent Research.
  6. ^ "Mass Device Butterfly Partnership". Mass Device.
  7. ^ "Forest Neurotech and Butterfly Partnership Announcement". Butterfly Network.
  8. ^ "New Neurotech Eschews Electricity for Ultrasound". IEEE Spectrum.
  9. ^ "Two graduate students win NDSEG Fellowships | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering".
  10. ^ "BWRC Website with Jan Rabaey's Alumni List".
  11. ^ "Membership | Berkeley Wireless Research Center". bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu.