Robert T. V. Kung

Dr. Robert T.V.
Kung has served ABIOMED since 1982 and has been Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer since 1995.
He was Vice President of Research and Development from 1987 to 1995 and Chief Scientist from 1982 to 1987.
Prior to joining ABIOMED, Dr. Kung was a Principal Research Scientist at Schafer Associates from 1978 to 1982 and at the Avco Everett Research Laboratory from 1972 to 1978.
He developed non-linear optical techniques for laser applications and investigated physical and chemical phenomena in re-entry physics.
Dr. Kung has been Principal Investigator for ABIOMED's National Institutes of Health-funded AbioCor and AbioBooster programs and has conceived of and directed the development of ABIOMED's laser-based minimally invasive technologies.
Dr. Kung received a Ph.D.
degree in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University.