Dr. Maryam Shanechi

Biography

Maryam Shanechi is the Alexander A. Sawchuk Chair Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. She is a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program and the founding director of the new USC Center for Neurotechnology. Dr. Shanechi joined USC as an Assistant Professor in July 2014 after serving in a similar capacity at Cornell University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She earned her Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 2004, followed by her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Dr. Shanechi has held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Berkeley. Her pioneering research focuses on the interface of artificial intelligence and machine learning with dynamical systems, developing algorithmic solutions to critical clinical neuroscience challenges. She has made significant advancements in closed-loop brain-computer interfaces that decode brain activity to restore lost motor functions in patients suffering from paralysis and enables mood decoding to treat neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Shanechi has received several prestigious awards, including the NIH Director's New Innovator Award, NSF CAREER Award, and was recognized as one of MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators.

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