Matthew Shomper is a visionary leader in the computational design of advanced 3D-printed medical implants, with close to 15 years of experience in engineering, research and innovation. As an inventor, creator and passionate leader, he has been a part of founding businesses focused on additive manufacturing. He is an internationally recognized speaker on biomimicry, computational modeling and additive manufacturing, lecturing at conferences and prestigious universities like MIT and Harvard.

Matthew’s work is driven by his passion for exploring the macro and micro of biological forms, turning algorithms into functional structures for physical devices. He has pioneered the idea of a “biologically advantageous implant” and has spearheaded multiple public initiatives to synthesize biological structures as computational models for use in engineered products. He is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Not a Robot Engineering, a co-founder of LatticeRobot and involved in several other stealth startups.