Kit Parker

Kit Parker
Captain Kit Parker hands out a hygiene pack to a boy in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (2007 or earlier)
Birth nameKevin Kit Parker
BranchUnited States Army Reserve
RankLieutenant colonel
Other workFaculty at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Websitediseasebiophysics.seas.harvard.edu

Kevin Kit Parker is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve and the Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics at Harvard University. His research includes cardiac cell biology and tissue engineering, traumatic brain injury, and biological applications of micro- and nanotechnologies. Additional work in his laboratory has included fashion design, marine biology, and the application of counterinsurgency methods to countering transnational organized crime.