Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fink (em.), LFNAI, FARVO, LFSPIE, FPHMS, FAIMBE, SMIEEE, UA FdaVinci, UA FACABI, founded the Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory in 2003 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, USA, and in 2009 at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Dr. Fink is the inaugural holder of the Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair in Microelectronics at the University of Arizona, having held joint appointments in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems & Industrial Engineering, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. He was a Senior Researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2001-2009), a Visiting Associate in Physics at Caltech (2001-2016), and held concurrent appointments as Visiting Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California (2005-2014).
Featured on Yahoo!Life: Researchers from the University of Arizona have developed new technology that will allow flocks of robots to go house hunting on other planets. Dr. Wolfgang Fink, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UArizona, is the lead author of a new paper, that outlines how rovers, lake landers, and even submersible vehicles could communicate with each other over a network that could greatly expand our ability to explore planets.
Prof. Wolfgang Fink presented at the Third Annual Medical & Healthcare Robotics Digital Summit, September 16, 2026, produced by Medical Design Briefs and SAE International/SAE Media Group: a fully online event that once again brings together leading experts, innovators, and researchers from the fields of medical robotics, healthcare technology, and medical device engineering to explore groundbreaking advancements and their impact on patient care and practitioner precision and efficiency.
EU policy increasingly calls for long-term, cross-border partnerships between universities, industry, and public actors. The diversity in these partnerships can drive innovation, but it also creates management challenges that are often underestimated. This panel brings together senior leaders to discuss how these partnerships are built and sustained, and how diversity affects whether they succeed.
Prof. Wolfgang Fink interviewed again by Matt Zbrog for Online Engineering Programs on the hottest problems in Electrical Engineering: Revolutionizing Chip & Circuit Design; Perfecting Human-Computer Interaction; Unlocking Photovoltaics; Room-Temperature Superconductors; Practical Quantum Computing; New Robotics and Autonomous Systems; Optical Computing; Fusion Energy – all Interconnected Challenges and Multidisciplinary Breakthroughs in the making.
Prof. Wolfgang Fink received a Special Congressional Recognition from the United States House of Representatives by the Honorable Congressman Juan Ciscomani in honor of his election by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to the Class of Fellows 2023.
Prof. Wolfgang Fink has been elevated to Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Class of 2023, for having “demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.” NAI Fellow status is nationally recognized as the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. [NAI]
