The Neural Bionics Lab investigates how the human sensorimotor system processes and encodes sensory and motor information, with the goal of developing models that reveal the underlying neural mechanisms. This knowledge is then translated into the engineering of neuroprosthetic devices designed to restore or improve function in people with neurological impairments.

Within this framework, the lab investigates bidirectional intracortical brain-computer interfaces for restoring sensorimotor function in people with paralysis. Its iBCI research focuses on decoding movement intentions from motor cortex and delivering artificial tactile feedback through intracortical microstimulation of somatosensory cortex. Ongoing projects include the study of cortical and perceptual maps of touch in human S1, biomimetic ICMS strategies for more natural sensory feedback, the effect of arm posture on ICMS-evoked sensations and motor decoding, and decoder principles for stable control of multi-dimensional actuators. The lab also studies tactile coding in non-human primates, using neural recordings from S1 and peripheral nerves during mechanical stimulation to understand transformations of touch along the somatosensory pathway.

Being also part of the Cortical Bionics Research group, the work is supported by collaborations with the University of Chicago, University of Pittsburgh and Northwestern University.