On August 14, 2026 I hosted an Emerging Neurotech Seminar at MIT on the theme of Ultrasound in Neuroscience. Two speakers joined us to talk about where the technique is heading — one on imaging through the intact skull, one on wearable ultrasound outside the brain entirely.

Emerging Neurotech Seminar — Ultrasound in Neuroscience, McGovern Institute, MIT

Speakers

Yaoheng (Mack) Yang — Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California Acoustic transparency enabling functional ultrasound imaging through mouse and human skulls

Dian Li — Chee C. Tung (1966) PhD Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Dexterous hand tracking using wearable wrist ultrasonic imaging

Details

  • When: Friday, August 14, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
  • Where: Building 46-3189, MIT
  • Host: Chaoyi Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Guoping Feng Lab

Supported by the SQoL Program, MIT School of Science, and the Feng Lab at the McGovern Institute. Thanks to everyone who came out — and to both speakers for two genuinely complementary talks.