Dr. Nowlin joined Intuitive Surgical in 1996 from SRI International, where he was involved in developing SRI's prototype surgical system. Dr. Nowlin became part of Intuitive Surgical’s system software leadership team in 1999, then was promoted to Director in 2001 and Senior Director in 2006. Dr. Nowlin received his B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Virginia, where he was honored by each department as its outstanding graduate; he then received a Masters Degree and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, with an application in robotics. Dr. Nowlin is co-author of more than a dozen U.S. and international patents, as well as several technical conference and journal publications. |