Jose Bohorquez, PhD
Founder and CEO

education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 2010
      PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
      Minor in Business Administration from Sloan School of Management

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, December 2004
      MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering,

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, August 2002
      BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering

 

phd thesis

Bohorquez JL, “Digitally-assisted, ultra-low power circuits and systems for medical applications,” PhD dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Dec. 2009.

 

journal publications

  1. Zaidman CM, Wang LL, Connolly AM, Florence J, Wong BL, Parsons JA, Apkon S, Goyal N, Williams E, Escolar D, Rutkove SB, Bohorquez JL, “Electrical impedance myography in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and healthy controls: A multicenter study of reliability and validity,” Muscle Nerve. Oct. 2015; 52(4):592-7. doi: 10.1002/mus.24611. PubMed PMID: 25702806.
  2. Bohorquez JL, Yip M, Chandrakasan AP, Dawson JL, “A biomedical sensor interface with a sinc filter and interference cancellation,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (invited), vol. 46, no. 4, Apr. 2010.
  3. Bohorquez JL, Chandrakasan AP, Dawson JL, “A 350 uW CMOS MSK transmitter and 400 uW OOK super-regenerative receiver for medical implant communications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (invited), vol. 44, no. 4, Apr. 2009.
  4. Verma N, Shoeb A, Bohorquez JL, Dawson JL, Guttag J, Chandrakasan AP, “A Micro-power EEG acquisition SoC with integrated feature extraction processor for a chronic seizure detection system,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 45, no. 4, pp 804-816, Apr. 2010.
  5. Turicchia L., Mandal S, Tavakoli M, Fay L, Misra V, Bohorquez J, Sanchez W, Sarpeshkar R, “Ultra-low-power electronics for non-invasive medical monitoring,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (invited).
  6. Bohorquez JL, Chandrakasan AP, Dawson JL, “Frequency-domain analysis of super-regenerative amplifiers,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 57, no. 12, Dec. 2009.
  7. O KK , Kim K, Floyd AB, Mehta JL, Yoon H, Hung C-M, Bravo D, Dickson TO, Guo X, Li R, Trichy N, Caserta J, Bomstad WR, Branch J, Yang D-J, Bohorquez JL, Seok E, Gao L, Sugavanam A, Lin J-J, Chen J, Brewer JE, “On-chip antennas in silicon ICs and their applications,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 52, no. 7, Jul. 2005.

 

Conference/Workshop Publications

  1. Yip M, Bohorquez JL, Chandrakasan AP, “A 0.6V 2.9uW Mixed-Signal Front-End for ECG Monitoring,” Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest, Honolulu, HI, June 2012.
  2. Bohorquez JL, Yip M, Chandrakasan AP, Dawson JL, “A digitally-assisted sensor interface for biomedical applications,” in IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), Honolulu, HI, June 2010, pp. 217—218.
  3. Turicchia L, Mandal S, Tavakoli M, Fay L, Misra V, Bohorquez JL, Sanchez W, Sarpeshkar R, “Ultra-low-power electronics for non-invasive medical monitoring,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, September 2009, pp. 85—92.
  4. Bohorquez JL, Sanchez W, Turicchia L, Sarpeshkar R, “An integrated-circuit, switched-capacitor model and implementation of the heart,” in Proceedings of the International Symposium of Applied Sciences on Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), Aalborg, Denmark, October 2008, pp. 1—5.
  5. Bohorquez JL, Dawson JL, Chandrakasan AP, “A 350uW CMOS MSK transmitter and 400uW OOK super-regenerative receiver for medical implant communications,” in Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest, Honolulu, HI, June 2008, pp. 32—33.
  6. O KK, Kim K, Floyd B, Mehta J, Yoon H, Hung C-M, Bravo D, Dickson T, Bohorquez JL, et al. "Silicon integrated circuits incorporating antennas," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2006, pp. 473—480.
  7. Bohorquez JL, O KK, “A study on the effects of microwave electromagnetic radiation on dynamic random access memory operation,” International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, San Jose, CA, June 2004, pp. 815—819.
  8. Kim K., Floyd B, Mehta J, Yoon H, Hung C-M, Bravo D, Dickson T, Bohorquez JL, et al. "Wireless communications using integrated antennas," Interconnect Technology Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 International, pp. 111-113. IEEE, 2003.

 

Patents

  1. Bohorquez JL, Avestruz A, Rinehart M, Rutkove S, Lupton E, US Patent 8892198B2. Devices and methods for evaluating tissue.
  2. Bohorquez JL, Rinehart M, Li K, Taylor H, Lupton E, US Patent 9113808B2. Systems, methods, and sensors for measuring tissue.
  3. Cyr RJ, Dawe GC, Bohorquez JL, US Patent 11202626. Programmable radio transceiver.
  4. Kilpatrick J, Dawson J, Bohorquez JL, Venuti J, US Patent 7672645 B2. Programmable transmitter architecture for non-constant and constant envelope modulation.
  5. Bohorquez JL, US Patent Application US11558254. Apparatus and methods for VCO linearization.
  6. Venuti J, Bohorquez JL, US Patent Application US11454192. Continuous gain compensation and fast band selection in a multi-standard, multi-frequency synthesizer.
  7. Bohorquez JL, US Patent Application US12263626. Reconfigurable amplifier and filter using time-varying circuits.

 

Funding Awards (Principal Investigator)

  1. “Noninvasive Assessment of Neuromuscular Disease in Adults Using Electrical Impedance,” National Institute of Health, Phase II SBIR, 2013—2016.
  2. “Electrical Impedance Myography for the Assessment of Neck and Low Back Pain,” Phase II SBIR, 2013—2016.
  3. “A Device for Rapid, Painless, Bedside Muscle Evaluation of Children with Neuromuscular Disease,” National Institute of Health, Phase II SBIR, 2013—2016.
  4. “Assessing Muscle Health in Older Adults with Electrical Impedance Myography,” Phase I STTR, 2014—2015.
  5. “A Device for Rapid, Painless, Bedside Muscle Evaluation of Children”, National Institute of Health, Phase I SBIR, 2011—2012.
  6. “Next Generation Electrical Impedance Myography for Neuromuscular Disease Assessment,” National Science Foundation, Phase I SBIR, 2011—2012.
  7. “Noninvasive Assessment of Neuromuscular Diseases Using Electrical Impedance,” National Institute of Health, Phase II SBIR, 2010—2011.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • CES Innovation Award, 2016
  • University of Florida Gator100, Fastest Growing Gator Companies Award, 2015
  • Digital Trends Top Tech of CES 2015
  • Best of What’s New, Popular Science, 2015
  • CES Innovation Award, 2015
  • Selected for MIT/MTL Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, 2009
  • MIT Presidential Fellowship, 2006
  • Semiconductor Research Corporation / IBM Fellowship, 2002

 

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish.

 

Citizenship Status

US Citizen