Portrait of Derek Morris

Derek Morris

I build systems where
models meet matter
from model training and augmented reality at Meta to organ manufacturing at United Therapeutics.

AI Model Training

⚙️ Meta – Reinforcement Learning for Physical Engineering

Selected work

Introducing Muse Spark Meta AI Research Muse Spark 1.2

AI Hardware

🕶️ Meta – XR Architect

Selected work

Meta Orion AR glasses Meta Meta’s Orion: Our Next-Generation AR Glasses

Organ Manufacturing

🫁 United Therapeutics – Senior Director of Organ Engineering

Selected work

Manufacturing transplantable organs at United Therapeutics MIT Technology Review The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs
3D-printed lung scaffold featured at CNN Life Itself CNN Life Itself What's the future of organ transplantation?

Inventions

6 U.S. patents granted · 7 pending

Selected grants

🧵 Photocurable reinforcement of 3D-printed hydrogel objects US Patent 12,622,970 · May 12, 2026 🖨️ High density mesh for inverted 3D printing US Patent 12,594,719 · Apr 7, 2026 🧫 Material and method for producing cell receiving scaffold US Patent 12,534,708 · Jan 27, 2026 🖨️ Systems and methods for three-dimensional printing US Patent 12,391,003 · Aug 19, 2025 💧 Two-phase 3D printing of biocompatible structures US Patent 12,083,736 · Sep 10, 2024