John V. Hanna
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John V. Hanna is a leading innovator at the intersection of additive manufacturing and laboratory automation, whose work is fundamentally democratizing access to self-driving laboratories. His primary research focuses on leveraging low-cost FDM 3D printing to transform consumer-grade printers into sophisticated, open-source lab equipment. Hanna’s major contribution is a paradigm-shifting approach that replaces prohibitively expensive commercial automation with affordable, customizable alternatives. By converting 3D printers into liquid handlers, imaging devices, robotic arms, and bioprinters, his work slashes costs by 90–99%, making high-throughput experimentation accessible to a far broader community of researchers. His most-cited 2025 paper, "Democratizing self-driving labs," has already garnered 13 citations, signaling its rapid impact on the field. This achievement not only showcases his technical ingenuity but also his commitment to open science and equitable research infrastructure. For students and researchers, Hanna’s work is a masterclass in frugal innovation—proving that the future of automated discovery can be built, not bought.
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