Vanessa Tolosa is currently the Senior Vice President of R&D at Precision Neuroscience, where they focus on advancing minimally invasive neural interfaces for broader adoption and enhanced quality of life. With a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, they have held prominent roles as a Post Doctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a Hardware Research Manager at Meta. Vanessa has also contributed as a Founding Member and Director of Neural Interfaces at Neuralink. Throughout their career, they have led significant research initiatives and developed cutting-edge technologies in neurotech.