Meet Our Team
Our interdisciplinary team combines expertise in neurosurgery, neural engineering, bioelectronics, and biomaterials to develop transformative neurorestoration technologies.
Principal Investigator
Damiano Barone, MD, PhD, FRCS
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Epilepsy Surgery
Regenerative Neuroprosthetics
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jiyoon Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Closed-loop Neuroprosthetics
Medical Electronics Design
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Support Staff
PhD Students
Kai Abitbol-Pierce
PhD Student
Rice University
Microfabrication
Thin Film Neural Interfaces
Spinal Cord Interfaces
Salim El Hadwe, MD
PhD Student
University of Cambridge, Bioelectronics Laboratory
Spinal Cord Interfaces
Neuromodulation
Neurosurgery
Daniil Fedorov, MD
PhD Student
Houston Methodist Research Institute & Swansea University
Biohybrid Neural Interfaces
Peripheral Nerve Restoration (Motor)
Kesi Liang
PhD Student
Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Neuromodulation
Animal Surgery
Computational Modeling
Sydney Swedick
PhD Student
University of Cambridge, Bioelectronics Laboratory
Biohybrid Neural Interfaces
Peripheral Nerve Restoration (Sensory)
Xueer Zhang
PhD Student
Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computational Modeling
Neural Signal Processing
Selective Nerve Stimulation
Residents
Research Fellows
Undergraduate Students
