Building the Future of Neurorestoration. Today.
To achieve our goals of designing innovative, minimally invasive neural interfaces, we integrate functional and peripheral nerve neurosurgery with neural engineering, biomaterials, computational modeling and bioelectronics. We create implantable systems capable of long-term stability and therapeutic efficacy by addressing foreign body responses and enhancing tissue integration through biohybrid constructs. Our research spans the full translational pipeline from in silico modeling and advanced manufacturing to in vivo validation in rodent and pre-clinical models.

Developing flexible electronics with shape actuation that can be rolled into needle-like forms for percutaneous insertion, then expanded in place to deliver spinal cord stimulation therapy

Creating ultraconformable cuff implants for 360-degree recording and stimulation of peripheral nerves and spinal cord at sub-nerve resolutions

Integrating living neural tissue with bioelectronic devices to achieve functional restoration of amputated peripheral nerves through regenerative bioelectronics

Preventing immune responses to neural implants through inflammasome inhibition and understanding how tissue mechanics influence regenerative capacity post-injury
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist
Postdoctoral Fellow
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Graduate Neurosurgery Research Fellow
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Graduate Neurosurgery Research Fellow
Houston Methodist Research Institute & Swansea University
PhD Student
Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD Student
University of Cambridge, Bioelectronics Lab
PhD Student
Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Visiting Researcher, 2025
University of Cambridge
Neurosurgical Resident
Houston Methodist
M.D./M.Eng. Candidate
Texas A&M University
Building a Global Network for Neurorestoration
George Malliaras (Bioelectronics Laboratory) – University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering
Mark Kotter (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) – University of Cambridge
Christopher Proctor (Proctor Group) – University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science
Scott Keene (Keene Lab) – Rice University, Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Christina Tringides (Tringides Lab) – Rice University, Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Chong Xie (Xie Lab) — Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroengineering
Lan Luan (Luan Laboratory) — Rice University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Swansea University – Swansea-Methodist Collaborative PhD Program
Barone Neurorestoration Lab
Houston Methodist Neurological Institute
6560 Fannin St, Suite 802
Houston, Texas 77030
United States