Devapratim Sarma received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering with a focus on Neural Engineering from the University of Washington in 2017. While at UW, his research focused on optimizing electrocorticographic brain-computer interfaces for cognitive and motor rehabilitation. He received the BS degrees in Bioengineering and Animal Physiology & Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego in 2009. He was also a research associate at the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience (2008-2011).