Joseph Tharayil was born in the USA. He joined the IT'IS Foundation in January 2025 as a Visting Scientist in Computational Neuroengineering and, in July 2025 he was appointed Project Head - Sleep Neuromdulation.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and neuroscience, Joseph moved to Switzerland to pursue a Master’s and PhD in neuroscience at EPFL. During his Master’s he also completed an internship at ZMT.