Krishna Shenoy

Krishna V. Shenoy (1968-2023) was an American neuroscientist and neuroengineer[1][2] at Stanford University. Shenoy focused on motor and computational neuroscience, neuroengineering, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and neurotechnology. Throughout his lifetime, he published over 140 journal articles.[3] On 21 January 2023, he died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer[2].

Krishna Shenoy
Born3 September 1968
Sabetha, Kansas
Died21 January 2023
Known forMotor neuroscience, computational neuroscience, neuroprosthetics, brain-machine interfaces

Research

Shenoy obtained a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Irvine (1987-1990) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (1990-1995). He was then a postdoctoral fellow in Neurobiology at Caltech (1995-2001).

In 2001, Shenoy joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University as an Assistant Professor[4] and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008[5] and to Full Professor in 2012.[6] In 2017 he was appointed as the inaugural Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim (endowed chair) Professor.[6] He also held courtesy appointments in the departments of Bioengineering, Neurobiology and Neurosurgery.[1]

At Stanford, Shenoy was a member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute[7] and the Bio-X Institute.[8] He was the Director of Stanford's Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory[9] and the co-director of the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory at Stanford University.[10] In 2015 Shenoy became an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).[11][12]

Shenoy and his team made fundamental discoveries about how the brain encodes and executes motor commands, applying those insights to improving brain-computer interfaces. To this end, they developed a mathematical framework for analyzing neural activity called ‘computation through dynamics'.[13]

In 2022 Shenoy was elected member of the National Academy of Medicine “For making seminal contributions both to basic neuroscience and to translational and clinical research. His work has shown how networks of motor cortical neurons operate as dynamical systems, and he has developed new technologies to provide new means of restoring movement and communication to people with paralysis.”[14]

In 2022 he was also elected as a Fellow of the IEEE “For contributions to cortical control of movement and brain-computer interfaces.”[15]

Patents

References
  1. "Krishna Shenoy's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu.
  2. "Krishna Shenoy, engineer who reimagined how the brain makes the body move, dies at 54 | Stanford University School of Engineering". engineering.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  3. "Krishna V Shenoy - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
  4. "Report of the President to the Board of Trustees: 11/00". news.stanford.edu. 28 March 2016.
  5. Stanford, © Stanford University; Notice, California 94305 Copyright Complaints Trademark (April 9, 2008). "Report of the President to the Board of Trustees". Stanford University.
  6. Stanford, © Stanford University; Notice, California 94305 Copyright Complaints Trademark (October 12, 2012). "Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments". Stanford University.
  7. "Krishna Shenoy". Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. May 2, 2017.
  8. "Krishna Shenoy - Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor (by courtesy) of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering". Welcome to Bio-X. January 17, 2014.
  9. "Overview | Shenoy Group". shenoy.people.stanford.edu.
  10. "Krishna Shenoy". Simons Foundation. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. "The 2015 HHMI Investigators: M-Z". HHMI.org.
  12. "Krishna V. Shenoy". HHMI.org.
  13. "A Scientist's Quest for Better Brain-Computer Interfaces Opens a Window on Neural Dynamics". Simons Foundation. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  14. "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". 17 Oct 2022. Retrieved 28 Jan 2023.
  15. "Krishna Shenoy elevated to IEEE Fellow | Stanford Electrical Engineering". ee.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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