Alumni

Postdoctoral researchers


Adam Gosztolai
PI, AI Institute, Medical University of Vienna
PhD, Mathematics, Imperial College London
HFSP Cross-Disciplinary Fellow
2019-2022


Murat Kaynak
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Robotics, EPFL
Spring 2022


Daniel Morales
Associate Editor, Nature Communications
PhD, Neuroscience, McGill University
Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral Scholar; Eurotech Fellowship
2018 – 2021



Doctoral researchers


Jonas Braun

PhD, Neuroscience (EDNE)
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellow
2020 – 2024






Florian Aymanns
Machine Learning Engineer, EPFL Center for Imaging
PhD, Neuroscience (EDNE)
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellow
2018 – 2022


Laura Hermans
Consultant, McKinsey & Company
PhD, Bioengineering (EDBB), joint with MICROBS
EPFL Innovators Doctoral Fellow
2018 – 2022


Chin-Lin Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow, UNIL DNF
PhD, Neuroscience (EDNE)
2017-2022


Semih Günel
Machine Learning Engineer, Meta
PhD, Computer and Communication Sciences (EDIC), joint with CVLAB
EDIC Fellow
2018 – 2022


Israel Cayetano
Product Development Engineer, Nahui Tecnología y Desarrollo
Doctoral Program in Robotics (EDRS), joint with BioRob
Spring 2020

Internship researchers


Mahdi Nobar
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, minor Robotics, EPFL
Fall 2020


Lucas Moeller
MSc, Physics, Heidelberg University
Fall 2020


Elisabeth Heremans
MSc, Biomedical Engineering, KU Leuven
Fall 2019


Victor Matsuda
MS, Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Sao Paolo
Swiss Government Excellence Research Scholar
Fall 2018 & Spring 2019


Marco Abrate
MSc, EPFL, Data Science and Computational Neuroscience
Fall 2019

Masters project researchers


Chuanfang Ning
Spring 2023
EPFL Robotics
Co-supervised with Auke IJSPEERT






Nathan Muller
Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 (Research Engineer)
EPFL Robotics


Nicolas Talabot
Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 (Research Intern)
MS, Microengineering, EPFL


Joao Campagnolo
Fall 2018
University of Lisbon,
Biomedical and Biophysics Engineering


Halla Sigurthorsdottir
Fall 2018
EPFL Life Sciences and Technology,
Neuroscience and Neuroengineering


Julien Ruegg
Spring 2018
EPFL Computational Science and Engineering
Co-supervised with Pr. Michael Unser (Biomedical Imaging Group)

Masters semester project researchers

Camille Benard
Summer 2024
EPFL, Life Sciences Engineering

Laly Robyr
Summer 2024
EPFL, Robotics




Sam Jegou
Spring 2024
EPFL, Computational Engineering

Omar Shalby
Spring 2024
EPFL, Neuro-X

Marianne Ardevol
Spring 2024
EPFL, Medical Robotics

Alessandra Chappuis
Spring 2024
EPFL, Robotics

Alice Canuti
Spring 2024
EPFL, Life Sciences Engineering

Sander Miesen
Fall 2023
EPFL, NeuroX

Jean Cordonnier
Fall 2023
EPFL, Robotics

Louis Gevers
Fall 2023
EPFL, Robotics

Florian Kolly
Fall 2023
EPFL, Communication Systems

Flore Munier-Jolain
Fall 2023
EPFL, NeuroX


Louise Genoud
Summer 2023
EPFL, Robotics


Clara Scherrer
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Science Engineering


Philippe Forero
Spring 2023
EPFL Robotics

Marina Rapellini
Fall 2023
EPFL, Data Science

Barbara de Groot
Fall 2023
EPFL, Robotics


Camille Pescatore
Fall 2022
EPFL Life Science Engineering


Matteo Righi
Fall 2022
EPFL Robotics


Sara Djambazovska
Spring 2022
EPFL Computer Science


Melissa Fagella
Fall 2021
EPFL Life Science Engineering


Nizar Ghandri
Fall 2021
EPFL Data Science


Adrian Sager La Ganga
Fall 2021
EPFL Computational Science and Engineering


Sander de Haan
Spring 2021
EPFL Computer Science


Lauren Wright
Spring 2021
EPFL Robotics


Cedric Portmann
Spring 2021
EPFL Robotics


Andre Langmeier
Spring 2021
EPFL Computational Science and Engineering


Gabriel Feuerwerker
Spring 2021
EPFL Medical Robotics


Aliaa Diab
Spring 2021
EPFL Robotics


Maximo Cravero
Spring 2021
EPFL Computational Science and Engineering


Neil Scheidwasser-Clow
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Victor Stimpfling
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Balz Marty
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Chuanfang Ning
Fall 2020
EPFL Robotics


Jasmine Nguyen-Duc
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Raphaël Mariétan
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Elizaveta Kozlova
Fall 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Alexandre Luster
Summer 2020
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Lisa Salamin
Fall 2020
EPFL Robotics


Sacha Haidinger
Fall 2019
EPFL Bioengineering


Julien Harbulot
Fall 2019
EPFL Data Science


Nikolina Tomic
Fall 2019
EPFL Robotics


Marco Abrate
Summer 2019
EPFL Data Science and Computational Neuroscience


Milena Filipovic
Spring 2019
EPFL Computer Science & Computational Neuroscience


Huajian Qiu
Spring 2019
EPFL Computational Science and Engineering


Salar Rahimi
Spring 2019
EPFL Mechanical Engineering,
Co-supervised with Pr. Jaime Paik (RRL)


Samuel Elder von Baussnern
Spring 2019
EPFL Computer Science & Neuroprosthetics


Quentin Vingerhoets
Fall 2018
EPFL Microengineering


Loic Tiberghien
Fall 2018
EPFL Automation and Mechatronics


Sven Pfeiffer
Spring 2018
EPFL Mechanical Engineering
Co-supervised with Pr. Selman Sakar (MICROBS)


Lucas Massemin
Spring 2018
EPFL Computer Science
Co-supervised with Pr. Auke Ijspeert (BIOROB)

Bachelor researchers

Samara Santarelli
Spring 2024
EPFL, Life Sciences Engineering

Sarah Bianchi
Summer 2024
EPFL, Life Sciences Engineering





Salim Boussofara
Summer 2023
EPFL, Microengineering
EPFL Summer in the Lab (SIL) Program


Julianne Attai
Spring 2023
U. Toronto, Robotics
EPFL Excellence Research Internship Program (ERIP)

Ghita Amrani
Summer 2023
EPFL, Microengineering
EPFL Laidlaw Program

Lucien Zimmermann
Summer 2023
EPFL, Life Science Engineering

Loic Deslarzes
Spring 2024
EPFL, Life Sciences Engineering


Léa Goffinet
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Nicolas Francio
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Richard Chiu
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Camille Dauvin
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Laetitia Schwitter
Spring 2023
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Maxime Hilbig
Fall 2022
EPFL Communication Systems


Bryan Gotti
Fall 2022
EPFL Computer Science


Timo Achard
Fall 2022
EPFL Computer Science


Malak Nasr
Summer 2022
University of Science and Technology, Egypt
EPFL Summer Research Program Fellow


Arianna Bizzi
2022-23
Imperial College London, Physics


Olivia Ruggaber
Spring 2022
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Chlea Schiff
Summer 2021
EPFL Life Sciences Engineering


Rongrong Liu
Summer 2019
UC San Diego, Cognitive Science
EPFL Summer Research Program


Adam Friedberg
Summer 2018
Brown University, Pre-Med,
EPFL Summer Research Program Fellow


Fanny Magaud
Summer 2018
EPFL Life Sciences & Technology


Lucas Gautier
Summer 2018
EPFL Life Sciences & Technology


Celine Magrini
Summer 2018
EPFL Life Science & Technology


Adrien Luthi
Summer 2018
EPFL Microengineering,
Co-supervised with Pr. Auke Ijspeert (BIOROB)


Julien Berger
Summer 2018
EPFL Life Sciences & Technology


Raphael Laporte
Summer 2018
EPFL Computer Science

Visiting researchers

Jeannette Ingabire
Summer 2024
Rice University






Irene Sanchez Mirasierra
Nov 2022
U Bordeaux, PhD student
Soukop lab


Florent Le Moel
March 2022
University of Edinburgh, Postdoctoral fellow
Barbara Webb laboratory


Keita Mori
Sept-Oct 2018; Aug-Sept 2019
University of Tokyo, Biological Sciences,
EPFL – University of Tokyo Exchange Program


Clare Howard
Sept 2018
Columbia University, MD/PhD Neuroscience
Richard Mann laboratory


Sinzi Pop
Feb 2018
King’s College London, Doctoral student
Darren Williams laboratory