V. Panaretos and S. Lacour selected as Young Scientists by WEF
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Victor Panaretos and Stéphanie Lacour have been selected as two of the “40 extraordinary scientists under the age of 40” in the 2014 World Economic Forum.
Both scientists have been selected as Young Scientists by the forum, recognizing their “expertise and thought leadership” in their respective fields. The appointment comes with an exclusive invitation to this year’s Annual New Champions meeting in Tianjin, China, alongside leading figures in business and politics.
Each year, the World Economic Forum selects 40 extraordinary scientists below the age of 40 to participate alongside business and political leaders in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China. The winners are scientists chosen world-wide, representing a wide range of disciplines. The selected “Young Scientists” bring value to the Annual Meeting by “contributing their scientific perspective and delivering the most up-to-date trends from various fields of science.”
Victor Panaretos studied Mathematics and Statistics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and at Trinity College Dublin, and received his PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. The youngest ever faculty member of EPFL, Panaretos’ research focuses on statistics of random functions and their interactions with stochastic geometry, statistical inverse problems, and mathematical biology. He currently holds the Chair of Mathematical Statistics at EPFL.
Stéphanie P. Lacour holds the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology at EPFL, and is a founding member of EPFL Centre for Neuroprosthetics, http://cnp.epfl.ch. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from INSA de Lyon, France, and completed postdoctoral research at Princeton University (USA) and the University of Cambridge (UK). Her lab, the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronics Interfaces, explores how to shape traditionally rigid circuits into soft, skin-like formats, and implement them in the fields of neuroprosthetics and soft robotics.
She is the pioneer of the field now called stretchable electronics, which brings electronic functions in line with (bio)mechanical compliance. Her research is challenging current micro/nanofabrication methods and materials in order to develop soft, truly biocompatible bioelectronic interfaces. Her focus is on designing and manufacturing long-term bidirectional neural implants, and wearable prosthetic sensor skins.
The 8th Annual Meeting of the New Champions will take place in Tianjin, China on 10-12 September 2014.