Claudia Cea

Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Phone:
(203) 436-0153

Email

Room / Office:
Becton 319

Office Address:

15 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 208284
New Haven, CT 06520

About Claudia Cea

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Columbia University
  • M.Sc., San Diego State University
  • B.Sc., University of Pisa

Perspectives

The Cea Group aims to develop soft, multifunctional devices that interface with the nervous system to enable precise, long-term interrogation and modulation of neural activity. Our goal is to create conformable, high-resolution neural interfaces that integrate electrical, optical, and chemical modalities for minimally invasive access to both central and peripheral circuits.  By combining bioelectronics, materials science, and neuroscience, we seek to uncover fundamental mechanisms of neural function and brain–body communication, and to translate these insights into new therapeutic strategies for neurological, psychiatric, and systemic disorders.

Selected Awards & Honors

  • MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35
  • SEAS Ph.D. Research Symposium, Columbia University
  • Winner, CSNE Hackathon, University of Washington
  • Shiley Scholarship in Bioengineering

Selected Publications

A comprehensive list of publications is available here.

  • Sahasrabudhe, A.*, Cea, C.* and Anikeeva, P., 2025. Multifunctional bioelectronics for brain–body circuits. Nature Reviews Bioengineering, pp.1-20.
  • Cea, C., Zhao, Z., Wisniewski, D.J., Spyropoulos, G.D., Polyravas, A., Gelinas, J.N. and Khodagholy, D., 2023. Integrated internal ion-gated organic electrochemical transistors for stand-alone conformable bioelectronics. Nature Materials, 22(10), pp.1227-1235.
  • Cea, C., Spyropoulos, G.D., Jastrzebska-Perfect, P., Ferrero, J.J., Gelinas, J.N. and Khodagholy, D., 2020. Enhancement-mode ion-based transistor as a comprehensive interface and real-time processing unit for in vivo electrophysiology. Nature Materials, 19(6), pp.679-686. 
  • Zhao, Z., Spyropoulos, G.D., Cea, C., Gelinas, J.N. and Khodagholy, D., 2022. Ionic communication for implantable bioelectronics. Science Advances, 8(14), p.eabm7851. 
  • Zhao, Z., Cea, C., Gelinas, J.N. and Khodagholy, D., 2021. Responsive manipulation of neural circuit pathology by fully implantable, front-end multiplexed embedded neuroelectronics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(20), p.e2022659118.
  • Jastrzebska-Perfect, P., Spyropoulos, G.D., Cea, C., Zhao, Z., Rauhala, O.J., Viswanathan, A., Sheth, S.A., Gelinas, J.N. and Khodagholy, D., 2020. Mixed-conducting particulate composites for soft electronics. Science Advances, 6(17), p.eaaz6767. ​