Ore 10.30
Aula 02, Via della Torretta n. 16, 50137 Firenze
Per seguire il seminario online: https://ethz.zoom.us/j/9528098743?omn=65756798696
Meeting ID: 952 809 8743
Biography: Prof. Yanik received his BS and MS in Engineering and Physics at MIT in 2000, and PhD in Computational and Applied Physics at Stanford in 2006. He completed a brief postdoctoral work in Stanford Bioengineering and Neurosurgery. He subsequently served as Assistant (2006) and later as Associate Professor (2009) till his tenure at MIT. He is currently a professor and co-director at ETH Zurich in the Institute for Neuroinformatics. His studies are recognized by NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, SNSF (~ERC) Advanced, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, NIH Transformative Research Award, ERC Consolidator Award, Bridge Discovery Award, Packard Award in Engineering and Science, Alfred Sloan Award in Neuroscience, NIH Eureka Award, NSF Career Award, Silicon Valley’s Innovator's Challenge Award, Technology Review Magazine’s “World’s top 35 innovators under age 35”, Junior Chamber International’s “Outstanding Young Person", among others. His work has been highlighted by The Economist, BBC, Popular Mechanics, Nature, Guardian, ABC, Boston Globe, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, The Scientist, National Geographic, Blick, and others.