Assistant Professor
Harvard University
Dr. Shriya Srinivasan is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Harvard University leading 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.
She earned her BS in biomedical engineering with a concentration in biomaterials from Case Western Reserve University and completed her PhD in medical engineering and medical physics through the Harvard-MIT HST program. 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 AMI enabling patients to control their prosthesis with native neural signals.
As a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a Schmidt Science Fellow, Shriya worked with Drs. Giovanni Traverso and Robert Langer on ingestible bioelectronics for gut-brain neuromodulation. Her innovations have earned her the Delsys Prize, the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, and recognition from Forbes and MIT Technology Review as one of 30 innovators under 30.
Shriya is a former director of MIT Hacking Medicine and founder of Project Prana, a nonprofit focused on affordable medtech, which launched a ventilator multiplexer during the pandemic.
Saturday, January 24, 2026
3:35 PM - 3:50 PM PST