Guillermo Herrera-Arcos develops neural interfaces to restore control of paralyzed organs and investigate how neural signals regulate immunity. His research spans optogenetic muscle control, living biohybrid actuators, and spinal cord interfaces.

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Guillermo Herrera-Arcos develops neural interfaces to restore control of paralyzed organs and investigate how neural signals regulate immunity. His research spans optogenetic muscle control, living biohybrid actuators, and spinal cord interfaces.

Career

Guillermo Herrera-Arcos studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Media Arts and Sciences and Master of Science, Media Arts and Sciences) and Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) (Robotics Engineering).

Principal Investigator at Episteme from 2026-09 to Present
Neuroengineering team at Neuralink from 2023 to 2023
media.mit.edu

Optogenetic muscle control

Research project demonstrating closed-loop, fatigue-resistant muscle control using light.

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media.mit.edu

Myoneural Actuator

Credited research on living, fatigue-resistant actuators for implantable biohybrid systems.

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ALICE: Robotic Exoskeleton

An open-source lower-limb exoskeleton project with build files and development logs.

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