Stéphanie Lacour

EPFL STI IMT LSBI
B3 2 229.134 (Campus Biotech batiment B3)
Ch. des Mines 9
CH-1202 Genève
EPFL STI IBI-GE
B3 2 229.134 (Campus Biotech batiment B3)
Ch. des Mines 9
CH-1202 Genève
EPFL ENT-R CNP
Campus Biotech B3
Ch. des Mines 9
CH-1202 Genève
Mission
Bioelectronics integrates principles of electrical engineering to biology, medicine and ultimately health. My lab challenges and seeks to advance our fundamental concepts in man-made electronic systems applied to biology. Specifically, the focus is on designing and manufacturing electronic devices with mechanical properties close to those of the host biological tissue so that long-term reliability and minimal perturbation are induced in vivo and/or truly wearable systems become possible.
We use fabrication methods borrowed from the MEMS and microelectronics industries and adapt them to soft substrates like elastomers. We develop novel characterization tools adapted to mechanically compliant bioelectronic circuits. We evaluate in vitro, in animal models and ultimately on humans our soft bioelectronic interfaces
Biography
Stéphanie P. Lacour holds the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology in the School of Engineering at EPFL and leads the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces.
She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from INSA de Lyon, France, and completed postdoctoral research at Princeton University and the University of Cambridge. She is the recipient of the 2006 MIT TR35, a University Research Fellowship of the Royal Society, European Research Council ERC Starting and POC Grants, and a SNSF-ERC Consolidator Grant. She was elected a 2015 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Post-docs
Clemetine Boutry
Liz Canovic
Aaron Gerratt
Xiaoyang Kang
Jennifer Macron
Hadrien Michaud
Giuseppe Schiavone
PhD students
Florent-Valery Coen
Laurent Dejace
Florian Fallegger
Sandra Gribi
Arthur Hirsch
Frédéric Michoud
Nicolas Vachicouras
Michael Shur
Education
Ph.D. | INSA, Lyon, France | 1998-2001 | |
M.Sc. | Integrated Electronic Devices | INSA, Lyon France | 1998 |