Faculty & Staff


Leadership

  • 2025_Kyle-Steinfeld-400×400 Kyle Steinfeld

    Faculty Director

    Associate Professor, Architecture

  • i3DDPCNR_400x400 Kosa Goucher-Lambert

    Associate Director

    Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

  • Screen Shot 2019-03-19 at 12.07.18 AM Björn Hartmann

    Jacobs Institute Executive Committee

    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Photo of Sabrina Merlo Sabrina Merlo

    Senior Director of External Affairs

  • MDSA_EricPaulos Eric Paulos

    Jacobs Institute Faculty Director

    Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science & Berkeley Center for New Media

  • Simon Simon Schleicher

    Education Committee

    Associate Professor, Architecture

  • Taylor-Hayden Hayden Taylor

    Jacobs Institute Associate Director for Academic Matters

    Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

  • Evelyn Thorne.1_1 Evelyn Thorne

    Director of Academic Affairs

Teaching Faculty

Allied 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.

Staff

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

Design Specialists

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