ANKAN DUTTA

I am a Visiting Research Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, working under the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Traverso on ingestible electronics and neurohaptics. Pursuing my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State under Prof. Huanyu Cheng, I am supported by prestigious fellowships, including NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship, Riess Fellowship, Diefenderfer Fellowship, and Fox Scholarship. My research involves MRI-compatible neural implants, stretchable ultrasound arrays, and phase-transition hydrogels to investigate responses during haptic sensations. Additionally, I lead NeuroXR, an NSF ICorps Nationals-funded startup focused on neural wearables for XR technologies, and serve as an NSF INTERN at Actuated Medical, advancing the NeuralGlider platform for neural probe insertion.