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Marco P. Morgenstern is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, biomechanics, and food science, whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of biomimetic masticatory systems. His career has centered on designing and refining robotic chewing platforms that faithfully replicate human oral processing, enabling objective, reproducible assessment of food texture and bolus formation outside the body. His landmark 2013 paper on compliance control of a six-bar linkage chewing robot — now with 34 citations — established a foundational framework for programming robots to mimic the nuanced trajectories of human mastication. Building on this, his 2021 development of a biomimetic masticating robot for food texture analysis, garnering 29 citations, demonstrated the practical power of these systems for evaluating food properties relevant to both product development and nutrition. More recently, Morgenstern has expanded his vision toward pharmaceutical applications, exploring how robotic chewing simulators can transform in vitro testing of chewable drug formulations — a timely and underexplored frontier. His 2025 investigations into real-time textural changes in peanuts and bread during simulated mastication further underscore his commitment to translating engineering innovation into tangible insights for food science and human health.