Prof S.P. Lacour promoted Associate Professor
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Announced today by the ETH Board, this nomination acknowledges the very successful career of Prof S. P. Lacour in the development of electronic devices at the interface with human tissue, essential and at the core of numerous developments of the Center for Neuroprosthetics.
Professor Stéphanie Lacour (*1975), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, as Associate Professor of Microtechnology and Bioengineering. Stéphanie Lacour works on the development of electronic devices at the interface with human tissue. The aim of her research is to overcome the incompatibility between electronic systems and biological tissue. She has gained international recognition for several of her studies, which include developing a new group of flexible multimodal neuroprostheses and artificial electronic skin which registers movements and pressure. Stéphanie Lacour's work strengthens EPFL's innovative research in the field of bioengineering.