FOX 5 Atlanta featured the lab’s BCI work in a story on the BrainGate clinical trial at Emory and Georgia Tech: Emory and Georgia Tech trial helps paralyzed patients speak. The segment talks with Dr. Pandarinath and Dr. Nicholas Au Yong about using small intracortical sensors and AI to translate intended speech into text for people who cannot communicate verbally.

Dr. Pandarinath was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows as part of the Class of 2026, recognized for “outstanding contributions to computational neural engineering through the development of gold standard methods of latent space analysis.” The formal induction ceremony was held in Arlington, VA on April 13, 2026.

A big week for the lab: back-to-back PhD defenses in Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech. Mattia Rigotti-Thompson defended on Feb 9, 2026, followed by Yahia Ali on Feb 13, 2026. Congrats Dr. Rigotti-Thompson and Dr. Ali !!!

Dr. Pandarinath was the guest on Reverse Mind Control, an episode of Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow — the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering’s podcast, hosted by Angela Gill Nelms. The episode walks through how the lab reads brain signals, what brain-computer interfaces can do for people with paralysis today, and what the future of mind-powered technology could look like.

Dr. Pandarinath joined Laurel Bristow on Health Wanted, Atlanta NPR (WABE)’s public-health podcast, for an episode on brain-computer interfaces. The conversation covers how BCIs work, what the technology can do for people with paralysis today, and where the science is headed.