About
Dustin J. Tyler, Ph.D., is Co-Founder and CTO of Afference, Inc., and holds the Arthur S. Holden Professorship in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where he also directs the Human Fusions Institute and serves as a principal investigator at the Louis-Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center. His work focuses on neural interfaces between humans and technology, including clinical trials of Class III medical devices, pre-clinical studies in mammalian models, and computational neuroscience, supported by more than $40M in funding from the VA, NIH, NSF, and DARPA. He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2022, inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2017, and holds more than 30 active US and international patents.
Co-founder & CTO at Afference
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Afference's investors · 12
Anthropy PartnersSeattleCWRU Technology VenturesCleveland · $50K – $250K checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkHannah Grey VenturesDenver · $400K – $1M checksJobsOhio VenturesColumbusKonvoy VenturesDenver · $250K – $5M checksMighty CapitalSan FranciscoOhio Innovation FundDublin · $500K – $4M checksPathway BioventuresChicagoSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksSpace CapitalNew York CityUnlessBoulder
Co-founders at Afference
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Jacob SegilCo-founder & CEO
Experience
- Afference, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentBoulder, Colorado, United States
- Case Western Reserve UniversityArthur S. Holden Professorcurrent2025 — presentCleveland, Ohio
- Human Fusions InstituteDirectorcurrent2021 — presentCleveland, Ohio, United States
- Louis-Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical CenterPrincipal Investigatorcurrent2004 — present
- Cleveland VA Medical Center / Cleveland FES CenterPrincipal Investigatorcurrent2002 — present
- Cleveland Advanced Platform Technology CenterAssociate Director2005 — 2025Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
- Case Western Reserve UniversityAssoc. Professor2009 — 2016
- Case Western Reserve UniversityVice-Chair, Undergraduate Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering2011 — 2013
- Case Western Reserve UniversityNord Distinquished Assist Professor2007 — 2009
- NeuroControl CorporationManager, Software Engineering2001 — 2002
- NeuroControl CorporationBiomedical Engineer III1998 — 2001
Skills & more
NeuroengineeringBiomedical Engineering75Signal Processing31Research38Clinical Research16Medical Imaging3Medical Devices16Science26Neuroscience8R&D15Image Processing4Microscopy3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dustin Tyler?
- Dustin J. Tyler, Ph.D., is Co-Founder and CTO of Afference, Inc., and holds the Arthur S. Holden Professorship in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where he also directs the Human Fusions Institute and serves as a principal investigator at the Louis-Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center. His work focuses on neural interfaces between humans and technology, including clinical trials of Class III medical devices, pre-clinical studies in mammalian models, and computational neuroscience, supported by more than $40M in funding from the VA, NIH, NSF, and DARPA. He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2022, inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2017, and holds more than 30 active US and international patents.
- Where does Dustin Tyler work?
- Dustin Tyler is Co-founder & CTO of Afference.
- What companies did Dustin Tyler found?
- Dustin Tyler founded Afference.
- Where did Dustin Tyler go to school?
- Dustin Tyler studied at Case Western Reserve University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering); Michigan Technological University (Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering).
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