Max M. Shulaker is a Stanford-educated American electrical engineer and was a professor at MIT credited with the development of the first carbon nanotube computer [1] and the first modern microprocessor built from carbon nanotube transistors. [2] His research was widely reported in US and British media. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He left his position as a professor to pursue medical studies at NYU [9] and is currently a clinical instructor. [10]