Dr. Shreya Saxena

Professor

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Biography

Shreya Saxena is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University and a core member of the Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence at the Wu Tsai Institute. She has a strong background in electrical engineering and computer science, having obtained her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on neural control of complex, coordinated behaviors, particularly in understanding the relationship between neural activity and behavior through constrained-based modeling. Shreya's previous appointments include Assistant Professor at the University of Florida's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, she worked at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. Shreya has published several notable papers on topics such as multi-subject behavioral representations and cortex-wide neural dynamics. She has been recognized with multiple awards, including a Sloan Research Fellowship and selected as a Rising Star in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2020-01-01 — 2023-01-01

University of Florida • Gainesville, FL

Taught courses and conducted research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awards

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Sloan Research Fellowship

2025-01-01
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Rising Stars Electrical Engineering, UIUC

2019-01-01
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Rising Stars Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

2018-01-01
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Graduate Women Excellence Award

2017-01-01

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Statement of academic purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.