COLLOQUIUM
Wednesday 6-11-2024 14:15
Lecture Hall (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUA
“Materials and Devices for Bioelectronic Medicine ”
Prof. George Malliaras
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK
Bioelectronic medicine provides a new means of addressing disease via the electrical stimulation of
tissues: Deep brain stimulation, for example, has shown exceptional promise in the treatment of
neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, while stimulation of peripheral nerves is being explored to
treat autoimmune disorders. To bring these technologies to patients at scale, however, significant
challenges remain to be addressed. Key among these is our ability to establish efficient and stable
interfaces between electronics and the human body. I will show examples of how this can be achieved
using materials with mixed electronic-ionic conductivity, and discuss devices engineered to
communicate with the body and evolve with it.
George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of
Cambridge. He received a BS in Physics from the Aristotle University (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUAGreece) in 1991,
and a PhD in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, cum laude, from the University of
Groningen (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUAthe Netherlands) in 1995. After postdocs at the University of Groningen and
at the IBM Almaden Research Center (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUACalifornia), he joined the faculty in the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUANew York) in 1999. From
2006 to 2009 he served as the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science &
Technology Facility. He moved to the Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne (Αμφιθέατρο Φυσικής), Physics Building, Zografou Campus, NTUAFrance) in 2009, where he
started the Department of Bioelectronics and served as Department Head. He joined the University of
Cambridge in 2017