Faculty & Staff


MDes Leadership

MDes Education Committee

  • Kyle Steinfeld

    Berkeley MDes Faculty Director, Associate Professor, Architecture

  • Kosa Goucher-Lambert

    Berkeley MDes Associate Director, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

  • Björn Hartmann

    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Eric Paulos

    Faculty Director, Jacobs Institute; Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science & Berkeley Center for New Media

  • Simon Schleicher

    Assistant Professor, Architecture

  • Hayden Taylor

    Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

MDes Teaching Faculty

Courses in the MDes are led by UC Berkeley faculty and lecturers, as well as industry experts covering a range of design practices. Together, the faculty bring expertise in topics ranging from design for artificial intelligence, to human-computer interaction, to sustainable 3D printing technologies; and represent professional experience in companies including IDEO, Tellart, Google, and more.

Interested in teaching at Berkeley MDes?  Apply here.

MDes Staff

The MDes program and the Jacobs Institute is an interdisciplinary hub on Berkeley’s campus, and our diverse staff team reflects this.

Jacobs Design Specialists

The MDes program and the Jacobs Institute is an interdisciplinary hub on Berkeley’s campus, and our diverse staff team reflects this.