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Neurotechnology and robotics

Neurotechnology is an emerging discipline that involves the development of techniques to understand, repair, replace, enhance, or otherwise exploit the properties of neural systems, and create novel neural interfaces. This is complemented by our activity in using robotics to investigate biological systems, develop truly useful rehabilitation technology, and exploit bio-inspired robotic strategies. This research is closely linked with the Centre for Neurotechnology, which coordinates interdisciplinary research on brain technology across Imperial College's Faculties of Natural Sciences, Medicine and Engineering, as well as with the Imperial Robotics Forum, which coordinates and supports robotics research and education.

Our investigators are uniquely qualified to solve design problems at the interface of living neural tissue and non-living constructs, investigate and develop human and robotic systems, and address brain-related health challenges such as stroke, hearing disorder, traumatic brain injury and dementia.

Professor Anil Bharath
Computational models of vision, both biological and artificial

Professor Martyn Boutelle
Biosensors for neuroscience; clinical monitoring of the traumatised brain

Professor Etienne Burdet
Human robotics

Dr Hayriye Cagnan
Brain Stimulation

Dr James Choi
Blood-brain barrier opening, trans-cranial ultrasound focusing

Professor Claudia Clopath
Computational neuroscience

Professor Manos Drakakis
Circuits and systems for and from biology

Professor Aldo Faisal
Machine and biological learning, human augmentation, human-robot interaction, human-AI interfacing

Professor Dario Farina
Man-machine interfaces, biological signal processing,neural control of movement, neurorehabilitation

Dr Amanda Foust
Development of holographic microscope systems to manipulate and monitor neuronal activity

Dr Juan Álvaro Gallego
Movement neuroscience and neuroprosthetics

Professor Rylie Green
Neural interfaces, BMIs and neuromodulation

Dr Andrei Kozlov
Auditory neuroscience and biophysics

Professor Holger Krapp
Systems neuroscience in insects: multisensory integration, sensorimotor transformation

Dr Huai-Ti Lin
Neuromechanics and Bio-inspired Technologies

Dr Sophie Morse
Modulation of brain cells with therapeutic ultrasound, immune cell delivery to the brain

Professor Danny O'Hare
Electrochemical biosensors for neuroscience

Dr Christoper Rowlands
Creating new optical technologies to directly interface with the brain

Professor Simon Schultz
Neural coding; information processing in the mammalian cortical circuit

Professor Molly Stevens
Soft robotics

Dr Majid Taghavi
Wearables and implantable soft robots

Professor Mengxing Tang
Ultrasound imaging of brain structure and function

Dr Dandan Zhang
Biomedical & bio-inspired robotics, micromanipulation, human-robot interaction,multimodality sensing