Dr. Yifan Kong is Director of Neural Interface Devices at Science Corp., and is a cofounder of the company. He co-leads Science’s biohybrid project with Dr. Mardinly.

Yifan has over a decade of technical leadership and experience in next-generation implanted brain computer interfaces. He received a degree in nanotechnology engineering with an option in management science from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 2011 and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering in 2017 from Stanford University. Yifan’s expertise includes microfabrication, neuron-material interactions, device integration and architecture, and self-assembly. He was the Chief Technology Officer at Paradromics until 2021, when he became a co-founder of Science.

Experience

• Co-Founder, Director of Neural Interface Devices (2021 - present)

  Science Corporation

Education

• PhD, Materials Science and Engineering (2011 - 2017)

  Stanford University