I earned my PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where I was part of a pioneering team developing an intracortical vision prosthesis (ICVP)—a groundbreaking system designed to restore vision for individuals with complete blindness. On February 14, 2022, 25 stimulators, comprising 400 electrodes, were surgically implanted in a blind participant. Over the following two years, clinical trials demonstrated that the prosthesis significantly enhanced participants' ability to navigate and perform basic visually guided tasks, marking a major milestone in the field of artificial vision.
