Jonas Zimmermann | Wyss Center

Jonas Zimmermann, PhD

Senior Project Lead - Senior Neuroscientist

As a scientist, Jonas aims to understand the intricate interplay between brain, spinal cord, and muscles to generate skilled hand movements. He wants to put this knowledge to good use and help people who have lost this ability due to disease or injury

Dr Jonas Zimmermann joined the Wyss Center in 2017. In his role as Senior Project Lead – Senior Neuroscientist, he leads the development of Brain-Computer Interface technologies and their clinical applications. He also has a keen interest in advanced neural data processing algorithms and supports various projects at the Wyss Center in this area.

Jonas earned his PhD from Newcastle University (UK), working on spinal cord stimulation to restore movement. He brings more than fifteen years of experience both with human and animal neuroscience working with technologies as diverse as fMRI, multielectrode array recordings, optogenetic and electrical stimulation, and EEG.

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Neurotechnology development

Combining neuroscience, advanced engineering and manufacturing

Expertise

Data analysis and software development

Advanced, multimodal brain data collection and analysis

Expertise

InnerVoice

Decoding imagined speech from the brain

Advance

A communications platform for people with complete locked-in syndrome

Laying the foundations for future assistive devices

Advance

NeuroKey™

Real-time neural signal processing platform

Advance

ABILITY

An implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) to restore movement and communication

Advance

Epios™

Long-term brain monitoring and therapeutics for personalized management of neuro-disorders

Advance

Updates

Brain-computer interfaces: New technology. More data. Improving lives.

Symposium: As the BCI community shifts its focus to clinical studies for patient benefit, join us to hear from researchers and companies working together at the forefront of BCI development discussing paths to translation and BCI home-use.

Wyss Center

21.11.2022

Latest neural signals recorded with ABILITY brain-computer interface and new details of the system presented at Society for Neuroscience meeting

Wyss Center’s ABILITY system, designed to improve quality of life and independence for people with severe paralysis, demonstrates safety and efficacy in pre-clinical trials.

Technology

09.11.2022

New horizons in neural recording systems

New Wyss Center whitepaper reveals first neural signals recorded by the ABILITY brain-computer interface system and the next steps to human clinical trials to restore communication and independence for people with severe paralysis.

Technology