Krishna Shenoy

Krishna V. Shenoy was the Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor of Engineering at Stanford University in the School of Engineering. He served as Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and by courtesy in the Departments of Bioengineering, Neurobiology, and Neurosurgery in the Schools of Engineering and Medicine. Shenoy was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 2015. His academic background includes a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 1990, a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995, and postdoctoral training as a Fellow in Neurobiology at the California Institute of Technology from 1995 to 2001. Shenoy joined the Stanford faculty as Assistant Professor in the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neurobiology in 2001, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008, Professor in 2012, and appointed to the endowed chair in 2017. He directed the Stanford Neural Prosthetic Systems Lab, which conducted basic neuroscience and engineering research, and co-directed the Stanford Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory, overseeing clinical trials such as the FDA pilot BrainGate2 trial (NCT00912041) for intracortical brain-computer interfaces in paralysis patients.

Shenoy's research specialized in the neural basis of movement generation, cortical control of arm movements from a dynamical systems perspective, neural population dynamics, and high-performance neuroprosthetics using statistical signal processing, machine learning, and real-time decoding of intracortical signals to control prosthetic devices, cursors, and text communication. Notable achievements include developing robust brain-to-text systems achieving high bitrates and home-use percutaneous wireless BCIs. His key publications include "High-performance brain-to-text communication via handwriting" (Nature, 2021), "Cortical preparatory activity indexes learned motor memories" (Nature, 2021), "Cortical control of arm movements: a dynamical systems perspective" (Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2013), and "Neural population dynamics during reaching" (Nature, 2012), among over 145 peer-reviewed papers cited more than 24,000 times. Shenoy received major awards such as election to the National Academy of Medicine and IEEE Fellow (2022), Andrew Carnegie Mind and Brain Prize (2018), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows (2017), NIH Director's Pioneer Award and EUREKA Award (2009), McKnight Technological Innovations in Neurosciences Award (2007), Sloan Research Fellowship (2002), and Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award (1999). He co-founded Neuralink Corp., served on scientific advisory boards for neurotechnology companies including Inscopix and CTRL-Labs, held 11 U.S. patents, and co-chaired the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee for Stanford's Neurosciences PhD Program. Shenoy passed away in 2023 at age 54, profoundly impacting the field of Engineering through neuroprosthetics.

Professional Email: shenoy@stanford.edu