ZNZ PhD award for Dr. Tansel Baran Yasar

Dr. Tansel Baran Yasar received the ZNZ (Zurich Neuroscience Center) Best PhD Thesis Award in 2024 during the Annual Symposium of ZNZ. The award is presented by the ZNZ Steering Committee to the best PhD thesis defended in the period 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2024 among PhD graduates from about 150 member research groups of ZNZ. Dr. Yasar's thesis, titled "High-Density Ultraflexible Electrode Technologies for Months-Long Stable Neuronal Recordings from Multiple Brain Areas" and supervised by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Yanik, presented work on the development of various types of novel ultra-flexible electrode arrays for interfacing with the brain at a network level with months-long stability. Parts of the thesis were recently published as an article in Nature Communications, where Dr. Yasar and Dr. Peter Gombkoto were the co-first authors. Dr. Yasar will soon start the ETH Pioneer Fellowship program to pursue an entrepreneurial path to take the ultra-flexible electrodes to market and adapt these electrodes for clinical trials.