Solaiman Shokur2019 - now : Senior Scientist, Translational neuroengineering Laboratory, EPFL(Geneva)
Team leader: CHRONOS project, a multi-center European project that aims at developing the first chronically implanted prosthetic hand for transradial amputee patients with bidirectional communication capabilities. NCCR Robotics: Bi-directional control of supernumerary limbs.2014-2019: Research Coordinator, AASDAP (São Paulo, Brazil) Responsible for both the scientific production and the clinical protocol at the AASDAP neurorehabilitation laboratory.
2013-2014: Postdoctoral associate, Walk again project, Insituto Santos Dumond. (Natal, RN, Brazil)Head of the engineering team in charge of the system integration. 2010-2012: Visiting scientist, Nicolelis Lab (Duke University).
Development and validation of a virtual-reality based brain-machine interface for rhesus monkeys.
2007 – 2010: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of Robotics Systems (EPFL)
Raphael HolzerEPFL Center for Neuroscience & Technology
July 2003 Present
Development of neural interfaces, software, electronics.
Teaching doctoral school: Bioelectronics in electrophysiology.
MEMS R&D engineer
Molecular Devices - CYTION
August 2002 April 2003 (9 months)
Development of silicon microchip for automated patch-clamp recording.
::Education::
The University of Tokyo
PhD, Information Engineering, October 1993 September 1997
The University of Tokyo
Masters, Information Engineering, October 1991 September 1993
EPFL
Ing. Dipl., Electrical Engineering, October 1986 January 1991
Carnegie Mellon University
Electrical Engineering, August 1988 May 1989