John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.Wriston Professor of Neuroscience and Engineering, Brown UniversityJohn Donoghue is a pioneer in neuroelectronic medicine, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that restore communication and movement for people with paralysis. He co-developed the BrainGate system, the first high resolution, real-time BCI system demonstrated in humans, helping launch a new era of direct brain-based communication and neural restoration technologies.At Brown University, Donoghue founded and led the Department of Neuroscience, the Carney Brain Institute, and the Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology at the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA). Internationally, he served as the founding director of the Wyss Center for Neurotechnology in Geneva, promoting innovation and entrepreneurship at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering.His research bridges basic understanding of brain computation and clinical translation, with over 125 scientific publications and more than four decades of federal research support. His early collaboration with Dick Normann led to the development of the Utah microelectrode array—now a foundational technology in human BCI research.Donoghue is a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors, and AIMBE. He served on the NIH BRAIN Initiative Working Group, the OECD Neurotechnology Panel, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Brain Science.He co-founded Cyberkinetics, a pioneering BCI startup, and currently works with multiple neurotech ventures. His honors include the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience, the Israel Brain Prize, Roche/Nature Medicine Translational Medicine Award and the Schrödinger Prize.Donoghue continues working to advance neuroelectronic medicine and to understand how the brain computes actions from thoughts.