On September 19, Professor Yael Hanein, Associate Professor from the School of ElectricalEngineering, Tel-Aviv University, Isarel, was invited to present a report of “Carbon nanotube based devices for neuronal interfacing applications" at SINANO.

Prof. YANG Hui, the Director of SINANO attended the presentation which was host by Prof. CHEN Liwei. Prof. Hanein introduced her research on electronic devices for retinal and brain implant, nanotech used for interfacing with brain cells, and carbon nanotube applications for neuro micro-electrodes.

About Prof. Yael Hanei

Prof. Yael Hanein received the B.Sc. degree in physics from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. In 2003, she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Electrical Engineering Department and a research associate position at the Physics Department at the University of Washington, Seattle and joined the faculty of Tel-Aviv University, at Tel-Aviv, Israel. She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering at Tel-Aviv University and a VP at nanoRetina, an Israeli startup company. Prof. Hanein’s research activity concerns with the development of electronic nano devices, in particular devices designed to interface with brain cells and to record their activity.

Prof. Yael Hanein at the Report Meeting