Solaiman Shokur

Solaiman Shokur is a Senior Scientist at the Translational Neuroengineering Laboratory at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), holding the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering in Geneva. He is affiliated with EPFL's School of Engineering and leads the CHRONOS project, a multi-center European initiative developing chronically implanted prosthetic hands for transradial amputees. His work spans the NCCR Robotics program focusing on bi-directional control of supernumerary limbs.

Dr. Shokur's research interests center on neuroengineering solutions for sensory-motor restoration. His expertise includes virtual reality for rehabilitation, invasive and non-invasive brain-machine interfaces, and haptic devices. His work particularly focuses on restoring sensory feedback for prosthetic users, including thermal, tactile, and wetness perception. He has pioneered approaches to remap phantom thermal sensations in amputees and develop devices that provide natural temperature feedback through prosthetic hands. His research also extends to robotic body augmentation, investigating how humans can control extra robotic limbs without compromising natural motor functions.

An analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on sensory restoration in neuroprosthetics, particularly thermal and wetness perception for upper limb amputees. His work bridges engineering and neuroscience, with significant contributions to understanding neural resource allocation when controlling extra robotic limbs. His research spans clinical applications for Parkinson's disease gait analysis, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, and innovative human-machine interfaces using auricular muscles and other biosignals.

As Team Leader of the CHRONOS project and a key researcher in the NCCR Robotics program, Dr. Shokur directs significant research efforts in translational neuroengineering. His laboratory develops and validates technologies for restoring sensory-motor functions in patients with complete paraplegia and upper arm amputation. The Translational Neuroengineering Laboratory at Campus Biotech serves as the hub for his research, where he collaborates with clinicians and engineers to translate laboratory findings into clinical applications.