Michael Berthaume
Member since 2023
Transdisciplinary research is the future - come create it with me.
Bio
Michael Berthaume is a Reader in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London. Previously at London South Bank University, he was Deputy Head of the Division of Mechanical Engineering and Design, served as treasurer of its LGBTQ+ organisation, and sat on the School of Engineering’s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee. He studied mechanical engineering and anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, before moving to Europe and completing postdoctoral researcher positions in anthropology and bioengineering at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology and Imperial College London.
Mike believes that transdisciplinary research is the future, providing a holistic view of problems and enabling novel solutions. He is working to establish the field of anthroengineering, which combines anthropology and engineering to address questions within and beyond both disciplines. His research focuses on human evolutionary biomechanics, the mechanics of human biological variation, and prosthetics for low- and middle-income countries.
