Barrett Comiskey

Barrett Comiskey
Born (1975-09-18) September 18, 1975
New York
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA)
National Tsing Hua University (PhD Candidate)
OccupationsInventor, Entrepreneur
Known forElectronic ink (inventor)
AwardsNational Inventors Hall of Fame (2016)
European Inventor Award Finalist (2013)
World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer (2002)

Barrett Comiskey (born September, 1975) is an American innovator. He is recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and was the youngest inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, for inventing electronic ink while an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In addition to his early work pioneering electronic paper, Comiskey has founded and developed ventures across Asia in media, energy, and biotechnology. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. research in life sciences at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, focusing on Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism.