About Forest Neurotech
Our mission is to advance neuroscience by developing neurotechnology that is accessible, less invasive, and adaptable across many use cases. Our work opens new avenues for understanding brain function, enabling discoveries that span from fundamental neural mechanisms to complex cognitive and behavioral processes.
Forest’s Nonprofit Advantage
In March 2024, Convergent Research announced support from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt to Forest Neurotech*. As a Focused Research Organization (FRO), Forest Neurotech is a new breed of nonprofit startup. FROs are an innovative funding structure engineered to support moonshot efforts that create new scientific tools and datasets. As a FRO, Forest can focus on impactful applications and scientific dissemination, ensuring maximum public benefit without commercial constraints. Forest's state-of-the-art tools, research, and discoveries will be shared with the broader scientific community, aligning with its commitment to open science.
*In addition to support from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Forest Neurotech has received funding from Griffin Catalyst, the philanthropic organization of Citadel CEO Kenneth C. Griffin, the Riley & Susan Bechtel Foundation, and James Fickel.
Forest’s Team
Forest Neurotech was founded in October 2023 by two Caltech scientists and a founding team member of Verily, building on recent breakthroughs in ultrasound neurotechnologies. Our multidisciplinary team of experts — from physics, engineering, and translational neuroscience — brings experience from Stanford, Meta, Google, Caltech, and UC Berkeley.
Forest is guided by a distinguished group of advisors from Caltech, Google, Columbia University, Neuropace, and OpenAI.
Leadership
Co-founder, CEO
Formerly
Chief Scientist, AE Studio
Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
Co-founder, CSO
FormerlyScientific Director, Chen BMI Center, Caltech
Advisors
COO, Convergent Research
Formerly
Neuralink
Co-founder of Forest Neurotech
Formerly
Founding team member, Verily Life Sciences
Co-Founder of OpenAI
Pioneer in ML/AI
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Radiology, Columbia University
Pioneer in ultrasound neuromodulation
Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Caltech
HHMI Investigator
Formerly
Third Rock Ventures, Cyberkinetics
Founder of Neuropace
40 yr. senior management in medical device field
Principal, Ecosystem Frameworks Strategy at Google