Jamie Paik

Early life and education

Paik was born in Canada. Her father is a scientist and her mother is a painter. She majored in mechanical engineering. Her PhD considered the limbs of anthropomorphic robots. She joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Erik Demaine, Daniela L. Rus and Robert Wood. She is a member of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research. Her recent work focuses on robotic origami, robogami. She was an invited speaker at the Obama Administration's Women Inspire Innovation workshop in 2013. She was a judge at the 2016 and 2018 Soft Robotics Toolkit competition. She was a participant at the 2018 Science Foo Camp. She was a 2019 TED Conferences speaker.