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Robert Harris Professor Professor of Immunotherapy in Neurological Diseases at Karolinska Institutet 2013, leads a research team developing cell and nanoparticle-based therapeutics for incurable neurodegenerative diseases. Dean of Doctoral Education at KI since 2019. Lead for NeurotechEU at KI.
Sinan Öncü Assistant Professor I am an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University. My research focuses on developing cooperative mobile robots which are able to communicate with other robots of similar or different architectures, in order to jointly perform a common task.
Stefan Strilciuc Associate Research Professor Dr. Ștefan Strilciuc is the Director of the Department of Genomics at the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy. As a research methodologist, his work lies at the intersection of public health and medicine.
Taha Akkülah Student I am a senior master’s student in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Boğaziçi University and currently serve as a co-chair of the NeurotechEU Student Council, where I am involved in WP5. My thesis research focuses on investigating the role of a cytoskeletal gene in the nervous system of fruit flies.
Theodoros Exarchos Medical Student Medical student focused on orthopaedic surgery, with a strong interest in spine and joint surgery. Passionate about interdisciplinary research at the crossroads of neuroscience, biomechanics and robotics to enhance surgical outcomes and innovation.
Ulrich Ettinger Professor of Psychology Professor at the University of Bonn since 2012. Head of the Section of Cognitive Psychology and Experimental Clinical Psychology. Research interests include eye movements, inhibition and impulsivity, cognitive psychopharmacology, schizophrenia and schizotypy.
Verena Schropp Scientific Coordinator Verena Schropp works as a NeurotechEU scientific coordinator at University of Bonn. After studying pharmacy, she pursued her doctoral research in Neuroimmunology with the focus on the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, especially on the influence of B cells. During this period, she also…
Volkan Ozguz General Manager, Technology Transfer Office Dr. Ozguz has extensive R&D and project management experience in the design and implementation of microelectronic, nanoelectronic and optoelectronic systems including fabrication technologies, process design and integration, establishment of R&D centers, facility operations and technology transfer.
Wim Scheenen Education Project Manager Dr. Wim Scheenen studied biology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, now Radboud University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Science with a specialization in Comparative Endocrinology.

During his scientific career as an Assistant Professor in Cellular Neurobiology (1997-2017), he revised the M.Sc. Medical Biology…