Stories by Radhika Nagpal

Radhika Nagpal is a Professor of Computer Science, in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and a core faculty member of the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. She received her PhD degree from MIT in Computer Science. Her research interests lie at the intersection of computer science, robotics, and biology.

The Sciences

The Awesomest 7-Year Postdoc or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tenure-Track Faculty Life

Scary myths and scary data abound about life as a tenure-track faculty at an "R1" university. Scary enough to make you wonder: why would any smart person want to live this life?As a young faculty member at Harvard, I got asked such questions a lot...

July 21, 2013 — Radhika Nagpal

The Robobee Project Is Building Flying Robots the Size of Insects

Thousands of robotic insects will take to the skies in pursuit of a shared goal

March 1, 2013 — Robert Wood, Radhika Nagpal and Gu-Yeon Wei