Know Labs, Inc. announced the appointment of Benjamin Smarr, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the Halicioglu Data Science Institute and the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Smarr has a demonstrated history of academic and public-private research excellence focused on developing personalized, predictive tools for future medicine, earning him many federal awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and Department of Defense, as well as from industry research partners. Over the last several years, his research has focused on unlocking the potential of continuous physiological data generated from wearables and related technologies for women's health, education outcomes, long-term care and monitoring in illness of diverse populations.

His peer-reviewed work has been published broadly across sleep, circadian, endocrine and engineering journals and his research and views have been repeatedly covered by global media outlets. Jessica Zendler, Ph.D., Special Consultant at Rimkus and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Zendler's work is focused on understanding the role of movement in injury, physical performance, and health, and the use of wearable technology to monitor athletes.

Dr. Zendler advises sports organizations, national governing bodies and manufacturers on scientific research, validation and policy development related to human performance and wearable technology. She has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Sports Medicine, serves as co-chair of the Sports Tech Research Network's Quality Assessment of Sports Technologies Group and is a member of the NBA Sport Science Committee, American Society of Biomechanics and International Society of Biomechanics. Carl Johan Sundberg, M.D., Ph.D., a licensed physician and Professor of Exercise Physiology at Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Head of the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME).

Dr. Sundberg's research is focused on human genetics, genomics and epigenetics in relation to exercise in elite athletes, in non-athlete populations and in patients (cardiovascular, diabetes, psychiatry, oncology). Another main research area concerns AI/ML-based computerized history taking. Dr. Sundberg is an elected member of the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and has served as a member or chairman of numerous academic and industry boards and for several biotechnology companies.

For 10 years, he worked as investment director at a60 million euros life science venture fund. In 2022, Dr. Sundberg received H.M. the King of Sweden's medal for “significant contributions to research and science communication”. He has also received the European Commission's Descartes Communication Prize for Excellence in Science Communication.

Mark Aloia, Ph.D., currently the Head of Sleep and Behavioral Science at Sleep Number, the $1.9 billion maker of Sleep Number and Comfortaire beds and accessories. At Sleep Number, Dr. Aloia oversees sleep science research, partnerships and collaborations with the world's leading physicians, researchers and institutions, as well as the development of health-focused innovations. In his past industry role, Dr. Aloia oversaw clinical sleep research for Philips Respironics for 16 years and, later, served as their Global Lead for Behavior Change.

He has also been on the faculty at the University of Rochester and at Brown University as a prominent sleep researcher. As a researcher with more than $15 million in funded National Institutes of Health research grants and over 60 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Aloia has a proven track record of using sound scientific methods to assess efficacy. He serves as an Associate Professor in the Section of Sleep Medicine and Department of Medicine at National Jewish Health.