Xing Chen PhD — University of Pittsburgh profile
Source: https://www.ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/xing-chen-phd Ingested: 2026-08-30
Current position
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (tenure-track), Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh. PI, Brain-Computer Interface Vision Laboratory. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3589-1750
Education & training
- 2008 BSc Neuroscience, USC
- 2014 PhD Visual Neuroscience, Newcastle University (lab of Alexander Thiele)
- 2014–2020 Postdoc, NIN (lab of Pieter Roelfsema)
- 2020–2022 Senior Researcher, NIN; co-PI consortium programs >€18M total
Awards
- 2026 Top 5 Young American Scientists, Scientific American
- 2025 Blackrock Neurotech Ecosystem Operator Award
- 2024 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2), Common Fund High-Risk High-Reward
- 2024 Wiegand Entrepreneurial Research Award
- 2019 co-founded Phosphoenix (EIC Transition grant €2.5M, 2025)
Key publications
- Chen X, Wang F, Fernandez E, Roelfsema PR. Shape perception via a high-channel-count neuroprosthesis in monkey visual cortex. Science 2020;370:1191-1196. DOI: 10.1126/science.abd7435
- Chen X, Wang F, Kooijmans R, et al. Chronic stability of a neuroprosthesis comprising multiple adjacent Utah arrays in monkeys. J Neural Eng 2023;20(3). DOI (see ORCID)
- Fernández E, Alfaro A, …, Chen X, Roelfsema PR. Visual percepts evoked with an intracortical 96-channel microelectrode array inserted in human occipital cortex. J Clin Invest 2021;131(23):e151331.
- Chen X, Morales-Gregorio A, et al. 1024-channel electrophysiological recordings in macaque V1 and V4 during resting state. Sci Data 2022;9(77).
- Wang F*, Chen X*, Roelfsema PR. Comparison of electrical microstimulation artifact removal methods for high-channel-count prostheses. J Neurosci Methods 2024;408(110).
- van Velthoven EAM, …, Chen X, Roelfsema PR. Ethical implications of visual neuroprostheses — a systematic review. J Neural Eng 2022;19:026055.