Jacek P. Dmochowski

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I am an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the City College of New York, where I study the human brain from the perspective of an electrical engineer analyzing a circuit. In particular, I am investigating new ways of modifying neural activity with ultrasound, as well as techniques for inferring causality in the brain. My academic research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and NASA. The findings of my research have been featured in mainstream media outlets such as The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. 

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I am also the VP of Machine Learning at the neurotechnology startup Optios, where I am helping to build next-generation brain-computer-interfaces that leverage advances in artificial intelligence to increase human performance across several domains. I hold several patents in the areas of acoustic signal processing and neurotechnology. 

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I am investigating a broader array of problems than what is customary in today's world of uber academic specialization. For better or worse, I’m simply not satisfied being confined to a single domain or scientific problem. 

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I was born in Gdansk, Poland and lived in the same apartment complex as Lech Walesa.​ My father was a mechanical engineer and moved our family to Canada on a post-doctoral fellowship from the Canadian government in the late 1980s. After growing up and conducting my graduate studies in electrical engineering in Canada, that same post-doctoral fellowship program allowed me to move to the United States twenty years later to pursue my interests in the brain. I now reside in Montclair, NJ with my wife and two daughters.