Prof. Matthew Flavin is currently an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he leads the Flavin Neuromachines Lab. Before joining the faculty at Georgia Tech, Prof. Flavin was a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 2017 and 2021 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and he received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2015 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He received the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) and the Draper Laboratory Fellowship. The vision for his independent research program is to develop powerful peripheral neural interfaces and mechatronic wearables that leverage advanced sensors and intelligent systems to address important and unresolved challenges in patient care.
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021
- M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2015
Flavin leads a research program in wearable bioelectronics and human–machine interfaces. His lab develops practical systems that sense the body and environment, translate data into intuitive feedback, and enable new ways to restore or augment human function. This work spans health monitoring, therapeutic and assistive technologies, and interactive tools that improve how people move, perceive, and learn in real-world settings.
Flavin’s research interests span wearable bioelectronics, sensory substitution, and human–machine interfaces for real-world deployment that translate sensing into actionable feedback for health and learning. At Georgia Tech, he teaches ECE2020, Fundamentals of Digital Design, grounding students in logic, timing, and hardware thinking. He also teaches ECE8873, a lab-based graduate course on flexible electronics and sensory substitution, emphasizing prototyping, measurement, and user-centered rigorous experimentation.
- Matthew T. Flavin,* Kyoung-Ho Ha,* … John A. Rogers, “Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution,” Nature 635, 345–352, Nov. 2024.
- Jaeho Shin,* Joseph Song,* Matthew T. Flavin,* … John A. Rogers, “A non-contact wearable device for monitoring epidermal molecular flux,” Nature 640, 375–383, April 2025.
- Kenneth M. Madsen,* Matthew T. Flavin,* John A. Rogers, “Materials advances for distributed environmental sensor networks at scale,” Nature Reviews Materials 11, 26–49, 2026.
- Matthew T. Flavin, … John A. Rogers, “Bioelectronics for targeted pain management,” Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering 2, 407–424, May 2025.
- Matthew T. Flavin, … Jongyoon Han, “Electrochemical modulation enhances the selectivity of peripheral neurostimulation in vivo,” PNAS 119(23), e2117764119, 2022.
- Matthew T. Flavin,* Kyoung-Ho Ha,* Zengrong Guo,* Shupeng Li,* Jin Tae Kim,* Tara Saxena, Fatimah Al-Najjar, Shishir Bandapalli, Chengye Fan, Dongjun Bai, Zhuang Zhang, Jae Young Yoo, Minsu Park, Jaeho Shin, Aaron Huang, Hee Sup Shin, Yonggang Huang, Zhaoqian Xie, Hanqing Jiang, John A. Rogers, "Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution," in Nature, vol. 635, pp. 345–352, Nov. 2024.
- Jaeho Shin,* Joseph Song,* Matthew T. Flavin,* Seunghee Cho,* Shupeng Li,* Ansen Tan, Kyung Rok Pyun, Aaron G Huang, Huifeng Wang, Seongmin Jeong, Kenneth E. Madsen, Jacob Trueb, Mirae Kim, Katelynn Nguyen, Angela Yang, Yaching Hsu, Winnie Sung, Jiwon Lee, Sooyeol Phyo, Ji-Hoon Kim, Anthony Banks, Jan-Kai Chang, Amy S. Paller, Yonggang Huang, Guillermo A. Ameer, John A. Rogers, "A non-contact wearable device for monitoring epidermal molecular flux," in Nature, vol. 640, pp. 375–383, April 2025.
- Matthew T. Flavin, Marek A. Paul, Alexander S. Lim, Charles A. Lissandrello, Robert Ajemian, Samuel J. Lin, Jongyoon Han, "Electrochemical modulation enhances the selectivity of peripheral neurostimulation in vivo," in Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 119, no. 23, e2117764119, June 2022.
- Matthew T. Flavin, Jose A. Foppiani, Marek A. Paul, Angelica H. Alvarez, Lacey Foster, Dominika Gavlasova, Haobo Ma, John A. Rogers, Samuel J. Lin, "Bioelectronics for targeted pain management," in Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, vol. 2, pp. 407–424, May 2025.