Dr Brett J. Kagan is the Chief Scientific Officer at Cortical Labs.

Cortical Labs is a multidisciplinary deep-tech startup looking at integrating hardware, software, and synthetic biology approaches to explore how to harness intelligence from neurons on a chip.

Dr Kagan has a PhD in neuroscience focusing on stem cell therapy along and completed post-doctoral work in bioinformatics and regenerative medicine. Recent work includes developing the first real-time closed-loop demonstration of in-vitro intelligence in a simplified pong-game environment, along with working to better test and understand these systems, including exploring ethical approaches to the development and use of these systems.

Professor Steve Dixon
LASALLE College of the Arts