Eric Fortune, PhD

Eric Fortune, PhD

Associate Professor, Federated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Roles: Imaging, blockchain technology

Dr. Fortune has a diversity of skill sets that have contributed to the development of our XPRIZE Rainforest solution. As a neuroscientist working to understand how organisms interact with their environment, his lab members build custom sensing and recording devices to reveal hidden channels of communication in rainforest habitats. For our project, Dr. Fortune has developed sensor and control systems used in our data collection platform, the Limelight.