Leader of the Neurorobotics program of the Human Brain Project

• Apr 2020 - Present

This leadership role entails setting the directions for further development of the Neurorobotics Platform of the HBP, organizing software development activities, and ensuring that adequate resources are dedicated to the task at hand. Further responsibilities include ensuring a tight coordination with the scientific activities of the HBP, and engaging the relevant communities (neuroscience, AI, robotics) as well as industrial stakeholders.

Manager of sub-project 10 in the Human Brain Project

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

Administrative management and scientific coordination for sub-project 10 in the Human Brain Project is entirely geared towards developing the Neurorobotics Platform of the HBP. The latter is a set of simulation tools that together should provide the user with the possibility to embody any agent inside a physically relevant simulated environment and connect it to different kind of controllers, from PIDs to spiking neural networks. The NRP thus aims at becoming a reference as an enabling technology in Neuroscience, Robotics, and AI, and the SP10 manager's role is to not only oversee the technical process, but also to engage the relevant communities.

Scientific Coordinator for the HBP Director for Software Development

• Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

My role as Scientific Coordinator for the Human Brain Project, was to support the director of software development. One of my main objectives was to make sure that the Neurorobotics Platform of the HBP delivered performance in line with the expectations of both the Neuroscience community and the European Commission.

Senior Researcher in Neurotechnology

• Apr 2015 - Jun 2017

Design and implemention of R&D projects dealing with implantable active devices for interfacing with the peripheral nervous system, with special emphasis on the enteric nervous system. Design and implemention of R&D projects dealing with implantable active devices for interfacing with the peripheral nervous system, with special emphasis on the enteric nervous system.

Biomaterials Group Manager

• 2012 - 2015

Senior researcher / Project manager

• 2008 - 2012

Post-doc

• Oct 2007 - Oct 2008

Design and fabrication of a versatile real-time, closed-loop multichannel system for control of MEMS sensors and actuators. Design and fabrication of a versatile real-time, closed-loop multichannel system for control of MEMS sensors and actuators.

Post-doc

• Apr 2005 - Sep 2007

BioMEMS / Microfluidics / Micro-fabrication BioMEMS / Microfluidics / Micro-fabrication