Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio

John J. Lee Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Room / Office: Mason M3
Office Address:
9 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520
Email: rebecca.kramer@yale.edu
Degrees:
  • Ph.D., Harvard University
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Interests:

  • Soft robotics
  • Stretchable electronics
  • Responsive material actuators
  • Soft material manufacturing
  • Soft-bodied control

Selected Awards & Honors:

  • NSF Alan T. Waterman Award recipient, 2024
  • National Academy of Science (NAS) Kavli Fellow, 2023
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Gilbreth Lectureship recipient, 2022
  • NASA Advisory Council (Technology, Innovation & Engineering Committee) appointee, 2020
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient, 2019
  • ONR Young Investigator (YIP) Award recipient, 2017
  • AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) Award recipient, 2016
  • NSF Early Career (CAREER) Award recipient, 2015
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 List, 2015
  • NASA Early Career (ECF) Award recipient, 2014

Representative Publications:

  • Baines, R., Patiballa, S.K., Booth, J., Ramirez, L., Sipple, T., Garcia, A., Fish, F. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2022. Multi-environment robotic transitions through adaptive morphogenesisNature, 610(7931), pp.283-289.
  • Liu, S., Shah, D.S. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2021. Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indiumNature Materials, 20(6), pp.851-858.
  • Shah, D., Yang, B., Kriegman, S., Levin, M., Bongard, J. and Kramer‐Bottiglio, R., 2021. Shape changing robots: bioinspiration, simulation, and physical realizationAdvanced Materials, 33(19), p.2002882.
  • Jackson, A., Mentzer, N. and Kramer‐Bottiglio, R., 2021. Increasing gender diversity in engineering using soft roboticsJournal of Engineering Education, 110(1), pp.143-160.
  • Buckner, T.L., Bilodeau, R.A., Kim, S.Y. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2020. Roboticizing fabric by integrating functional fibersProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(41), pp.25360-25369. 
  • Booth, J.W., Shah, D., Case, J.C., White, E.L., Yuen, M.C., Cyr-Choiniere, O. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2018. OmniSkins: Robotic skins that turn inanimate objects into multifunctional robotsScience Robotics, 3(22), p.eaat1853.