John Donoghue (neuroscientist)

John P. Donoghue
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrown University
Thesis Thalamic projections to the somatic sensory-motor cortex  (1979)
Doctoral advisorFord F. Ebner
Notable students

John Philip Donoghue (born 1949)[1] is an American neuroscientist; he is currently the Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Engineering at Brown University, where he has taught since 1984.

Donoghue founded Brown's Carney Institute for Brain Science and directed the institute from 2008 to 2015. He later served as the founding director of the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland. Donoghue is best known for his work developing BrainGate and is recognized as a pioneer in neuroprosthetics and brain–computer interfaces.[2][3]

  1. ^ Zhuang, Jun; Truccolo, Wilson; Vargas-Irwin, Carlos; Donoghue, John P. (April 7, 2010). "Decoding 3-D Reach and Grasp Kinematics from High-Frequency Local Field Potentials in Primate Primary Motor Cortex". IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering. 57 (7): 1774–1784. doi:10.1109/TBME.2010.2047015. ISSN 0018-9294. PMC 3049269. PMID 20403782.
  2. ^ Dreifus, Claudia (2010-08-02). "Connecting Brains to the Outside World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  3. ^ Richardson, John H. "Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-02-02.