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Silvestro Micera received his University degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1996 and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in 2000. He served as an Assistant Professor in BioRobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna from 2000 to 2009, where he headed the Neural Engineering group. He was a Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA in 2007 under a Fulbright Scholarship. From 2008 to 2011, he was the Head of the Neuroprosthesis Control group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2011 to 2018, he served as an Associate Professor and the Head of the Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Dr. Micera has authored numerous scientific papers and holds international patents. His main research interests involve developing implantable neural interfaces and robotic systems aimed at restoring sensorimotor function in individuals with disabilities caused by spinal cord injury, stroke, or amputation, leveraging foundational scientific knowledge in neuroscience and neurology. Currently, he investigates robotic systems in neurorehabilitation, neural control of movement, and hybrid neuro-prosthetic systems, while also collaborating with leading research centers and universities worldwide.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Genève, Switzerland
Leading the Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory.
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