Summary
Stephen Hou is a biomedical engineer and podcast producer with a decade of experience bridging neuroscience research, clinical translation, and regulatory strategy. Currently a Biomedical Engineer II at Blackrock Microsystems, he serves as a neurotech subject matter expert and clinical translation lead while producing and co-hosting Neurratives, a podcast that explores neuroscience in fiction. He brings hands-on experience in EEG and deep brain stimulation studies, signal preprocessing in MATLAB/Python, and developing machine learning/statistical methods for event detection and artifact removal. Trained at Johns Hopkins (B.S.) and the University of Florida (M.S., 3.89 GPA), he pairs rigorous academic grounding with practical regulatory project management for neurodevice development. Based in Salt Lake City, he combines technical problem-solving with clear science communication—an unusual mix that helps translate complex biosignal insights into real-world clinical and product decisions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Masters of Science, Biomedical Engineering, 3.89/4.0, Masters of Science, Biomedical Engineering, 3.89/4.0 at University of Florida