Dr Wei Tong is a senior research fellow in the School of Physics, at The University of Melbourne. She holds a prestigious DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Her research combines carbon materials and neurophysiology, aiming at developing advanced technologies for robust, high resolution neural stimulation and recording. Since 2012, she has been extensively involved in the development of a diamond-based retinal prosthesis, the Diamond Eye, for restoring high-quality vision to the blind. This development was started with Bionic Vision Australia, followed by an Australian-Canadian company, iBionics. Currently, she is working on several cutting-edge neural interfacing concepts and using different techniques, including electrical, optical and mechanical approaches for high spatiotemporal neural modulation. She is also coordinating the preclinical evaluation of the Carbon Cybernetics prototype, a small implant for epilepsy seizer prediction and management.