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Herbert Edelsbrunner is a co-founder of Geomagic and a member of the Board of Directors. He is a pioneer and world-leading expert in the fields of algorithms, computational geometry, and combinatorial topology. Dr. Edelsbrunner is the only computer scientist to have been awarded the prestigious Waterman Award (1991) from the National Science Foundation. He is responsible for the mathematical theory behind Alpha Shapes™, Geomagic Shape and Geomagic Wrap, which are the unique theoretical underpinnings of the company's products, and he continues to advance research in related areas. He has been awarded numerous government and industrial grants to fund further development of his work. Dr. Edelsbrunner has published more than 100 research papers in refereed journals or conference proceedings and authored two books. Dr Edelsbrunner is an Art and Science Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Duke University. He holds MS and PhD degrees in technical mathematics from the Technical University of Graz, Austria. | 