Sankaranarayani Rajangam
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Sankaranarayani Rajangam is a pioneering neuroscientist whose research sits at the intersection of neural engineering and social neuroscience. Her major contributions include the development of wireless cortical brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) for whole-body navigation, demonstrating for the first time that primates can use cortical ensemble activity to control a wheelchair—a landmark study with 86 citations that has profound implications for assistive technology in paralysis. Rajangam’s work also broke new ground in social neuroscience by recording interbrain cortical synchronization in monkey pairs during naturalistic interactions. Her 2018 study (33 citations) revealed that neural activity across brains encodes multiple aspects of social behavior, offering a neurophysiological foundation for understanding primate social cognition. By pioneering wireless recording techniques, she enabled these dual-brain studies, advancing our understanding of how brains coordinate during real-world social exchanges. Rajangam’s innovative fusion of BMI technology with social interaction paradigms positions her as a leading figure in next-generation neural interfaces, with her work cited for its technical sophistication and translational potential in both neuroprosthetics and social neuroscience.
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