Randy Allen is originally from Philadelphia. He graduated in 2008 from Princeton University with his bachelor's degree majoring in chemical engineering. He continued his education at Stanford University, where he received his PhD in September 2013 in chemical engineering under advisors Zhenan Bao and Gerald Fuller. At Stanford, Dr. Allen studied the alignment of carbon nanotube films using gelated carbon nanotube/conjugated polymer composite dispersions. This introduced him to organic electronics, particularly pressure sensors. He is now working as a postdoctoral scholar in the Advanced Polymer Research Lab at UT Dallas developing and commercializing pressure sensors for applications ranging from touchscreens to wearable electronics.