# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miguel-nicolelis
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:06:48.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miguel-nicolelis"
name: "Miguel Nicolelis"
slug: "miguel-nicolelis"
description: "Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, is a Brazilian scientist, physician and Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience at Duke University, best known for his pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface technology."
tagline: "Brazilian neuroscientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel_Nicolelis_(16397324065).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1961-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.803277333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nicolelislab.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Николелис, Мигель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميجيل نيكوليليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miguel Nicolelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Nicolelis"
    title: "Miguel Nicolelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Nicolelis"
    title: "Miguel Nicolelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Nicolelis"
    title: "Miguel Nicolelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Nicolelis"
    title: "Miguel Nicolelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump