July 17, 2025: Excited to announce that Matt Willsey has been added as an investigator for the upcoming “Connect-One” study to assess the BCI developed by Paradromics, Inc.

July 12, 2025: We welcome Prateek Pinchi to the lab who completed his BS in neuroscience and data science at the University of Michigan. He is currently pursuing his MD/PhD. 

June 1, 2025: Through a partnership with Paradromics, Inc, we temporarily implanted the first high-capacity Connexus device into a human participant. 

• Read more about it here or watch the video.

• This event has been covered in Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News, Wired, Gizmodo, Modern Healthcare, many others.

May, 2025: We have started our first BCI clinical trial. Read more about it here. 

March 10, 2025: Abstracts accepted to 2025 BCI Meeting. See you at Banff! 

February 3, 2025: We welcome Joseph Costello to the lab. He has a PhD in ECE From UM and brings an expertise in machine learning and real-time BCIs. Looking forward to working together! 

January 30, 2025: FDA has granted us approval for an IDE that allows chronic implantation of Blackrock microelectrode arrays for investigational use.

January 20, 2025: Our manuscript entitled "A high-performance brain–computer interface for finger decoding and quadcopter game control in an individual with paralysis" was published in Nature Medicine. 

• We believe iBCIs that can control individuated fingers will allow for more complex interactions between humans and computers. 

• Check out some of the articles covering this publication: The Detroit News, WJR-AM with Marie Osborne, Michigan News, Nature News, New Scientist, SER, DroneXL, News Medical, singularityhub, BBC Radio 5 live (Jan. 20, 2025, Futurism, Discover Magazine, Popular Science, Gizmodo, Independent

• Nick Ramsey and Mariska J. Vansteensel present a thoughtful analysis of ours and related BCI work in their article entitled: "The expanding repertoire of brain–computer interfaces"

November 1, 2024: Congratulations to Joseph Costello for his successful defense of his thesis entitled: "Toward High Performance, Power Efficient Brain-Machine Interfaces" 

August 1, 2024: It’s my pleasure to welcome Matt Mender, PhD to the lab. Matt just finished his PhD in Chestek Lab and brings with him substantial experience in real-time BCI algorithms and functional electrical stimulation. 

August 1, 2024: The lab moves to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

March 12, 2024: Great to have the team from Psyionic visit the lab

March 8, 2024: Brain-Computer Interfaces featured at the Hook 'Em House at SXSW in Austin. Read more here.