Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Shriya Srinivasan
Dr. Shriya Srinivasan is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Harvard University where she directs the Harvard Biohybrid Organs and Neuroprosthetics (BIONICS) lab. The lab focuses on the development of surgical reconstruction techniques in consort with bidirectional neural implants for improved sensorimotor control.
Shriya graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in biomedical engineering, with a concentration in biomaterials. She then received her doctoral degree in medical engineering and medical physics through the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program in January 2020. Her doctoral research focused on the development of novel neural interfaces utilizing tissue engineering to better interface human limbs with prostheses, in the context of amputation and paralysis. She developed the Regenerative Agonist-antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI) that enables patients to control their prosthesis with native neural signals. She also explored optogenetic techniques to create novel strategies to accelerate and improve neural control.
Shriya has been awarded the Delsys Prize, the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for her innovative work, and recognized by Forbes and the MIT Technology Review as one of 30 innovators under 30.
In 2021, Shriya launched the Project Prana Foundation nonprofit to bring the iSAVE ventilator multiplexer to market. She worked with IndVenter, a local partner to commercialize it in India. She has performed clinical trials in collaboration with AIIMS Jodhpur and has given lectures at various IITs and other universities in India on medical technology innovation.