Krishna Shenoy
Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor and Professor of Electrical Engineering, by courtesy, of Neurobiology and of Neurosurgery
Endowed Chair Professorship, Stanford University, Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Professor of Engineering (2017)
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Investigator (appointed in 2015) (2015)
Professor, Stanford University, Departments of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering & Neurobiology (2012)
Associate Professor, Stanford University, Departments of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering & Neurobiology (2008)
Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Departments of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering & Neurobiology (2001)
Senior Postdoc, Caltech, Systems Neuroscience, Division of Biology (2001)
Postdoc, Caltech, Systems Neuroscience, Division of Biology (1998)
Ph.D., MIT, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (1995)
S.M., MIT, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (1992)
B.S., UC Irvine, Electrical Engineering (1990)
N/A, UCSD, Electrical Engineering (1987)
Academic Appointments
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Professor (By courtesy), Neurobiology
Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
Member, Bio-X
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
Scientific Advisory Board, MIND-X Inc. (acquired by Blackrock Microsystems, 2022) (2018 - Present)
Scientific Advisory Board, Inscopix Inc. (merged with Brucker, 2022) (2018 - Present)
Consultant / Advisor (2020-), Scientific Advisory Board (2016-2020), CTRL-Labs Inc (acquired by Facebook Reality Labs, Facebook, 2019; now Reality Labs, Meta Platforms) (2016 - Present)
Consultant / Advisor, co-founder, Neuralink Inc. (2016 - Present)
Scientific Advisory Board, U Washington's Ctr for Sensorimotor Neural Eng (an NSF Eng Research Ctr), 2016-2020 (2016 - Present)
Scientific Advisory Board, Heal Inc., 2015-2020 (2015 - Present)
Honors & Awards
Elected Fellow, IEEE (2022-)
Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2022-)
Recipient, Andrew Carnegie Mind and Brain Prize from Carnegie Mellon Unversity (2018)
Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows (2017-)
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2015-)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California at Irvine (2013)
Postdoc Mentoring Award, Stanford University (2010)
NIH Director's Pioneer Award, National Institutes of Health (2009)
NIH EUREKA Award, National Institutes of Health (2009)
Technological Innovations in Neurosciences Award, McKnight Foundation (2007)
Krishna V. Shenoy, PhD, is the Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor of Engineering. He is with the Departments of Electrical Engineering (EE) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering (BioE), Neurobiology and Neurosurgery in the Schools of Engineering (SOE) and Medicine (SOM) at Stanford University. He is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. Prof. Shenoy holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Irvine (1987-1990), a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (1990-1995), was a postdoctoral fellow in Neurobiology at Caltech (1995-2001), and has been on faculty at Stanford since then (Assistant Prof. 2001-2008, Associate Prof. 2008-2012, Full Prof. 2012-2017, HHMI Investigator 2015 to present (and at least 2028), Endowed Chair 2017 to present). Prof. Shenoy directs the Stanford Neural Prosthetic Systems Lab (basic neuroscience and engineering) and co-directs the Stanford Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory (clinical trials), which aim to help restore lost motor function to people with paralysis. Honors and awards include a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, a Sloan Fellow, a McKnight Technological Innovations in Neurosciences Award, an NIH EUREKA Award, an NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, the 2010 Stanford University Postdoc Mentoring Award, election as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, and the 2018 recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Mind and Brain Prize from Carnegie Mellon University. In 2022 he was Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and as an IEEE Fellow. Prof. Shenoy (1) serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards (SABs) of The University of Washington's Center for Neurotechnology (an NSF Engineering Research Center), MIND-X Inc., Inscopix Inc. and Heal Inc., (2) is also a consultant / advisor for CTRL-Labs and was on the Founding SAB, which was acquired in 2019 by Reality Labs, Meta Platforms (previously Facebook) and (3) is a co-founder and consultant / advisor for Neuralink Corp.