Interfacing with Brain Using Organic Electronics - Event

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The Electronic Materials and Devices Group presents Professor George Malliaras, Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge. Abstract One of the most important scientific and technological frontiers of our time is the interfacing of electronics with the human brain. This endeavour promises to help understand how the brain works and deliver new tools for diagnosis and treatment of pathologies including epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Current solutions, however, are limited by the materials that are brought in contact with teh tissue and transduce signals across teh biotic/abiotic interface. Recent advances in organis electronics have made available materials with a unique combination of attractive properties, including mechanical flexibility, mixed ionic/electronic conduction, enhanced biocompatibility, and capability for drug delivery. Professor Malliaras will present examples of novel devices for recording and stimulation of neurons and show that organic electronic materials offer tremendous opportunities to study the brain and treat its pathologies. Biography Professor George Malliaras received a PhD from the University of Groningen (1995) and did a postdoc at the IBM Almaden Research Center. Before joining Cambridge, he was a faculty member at Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne (2009-2017) and at Cornell University (1999-2009), and served as the Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility (2006-2009). His research has been recognised with awards from the New York Academy of Sciences, the US National Science Foundation, and DuPont. He is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society and of the Royal Society of Chemistry.