Robert Stoner

Robert Stoner, a physicist and formerly an associate director at MITEI, also co-directs the Tata Center for Technology and Design – an MIT graduate program that trains future engineering and business leaders to invent technologies that address unmet needs and challenges in India and elsewhere in the developing world. Launched by MITEI last year, the Center’s mission is to apply technology and management expertise to the challenges of the developing world in the areas of energy, agriculture, water, health and housing. Stoner is the inventor of numerous optical and electronic devices and has an extensive international business background, having held senior positions at Intel and Zygo Corporations, and founded technology companies in the U.S. and Europe. He was also an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Brown University from 1995 through 2002. Immediately prior to joining MIT, he served in senior roles at the Clinton Foundation in Africa and India.