Neural Prosthesis Seminar Series 2020-2021

Thursday, October 1, 2020
Tim Denison, PhD
Professor of Engineering Science, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Oxford
Vice President of Research and Core Technology
Medtronic

Thursday, November 12, 2020
Silvestro Micera, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering and Head of the Translational Neural Engineering Area
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Thursday, December 17, 2020
Rory Cooper, PhD
FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Professor
Distinguished Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Founding Director
VA Senior Research Career Scientist
Human Engineering Research Laboratories
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in partnership with Pitt

Thursday, January 14, 2021
Thomas Stieglitz, PhD
Head of Laboratory
IMTEK – Institute of Microsystem Technology
Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology
The University of Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Surjo R Soekadar, MD
Einstein Professor of Clinical Neurotechnology
Charité – University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Head of the Applied Neurotechnology Lab
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Thursday, May 20, 2021
Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD
Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Lab
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University