MAE Distinguished Speaker Series 2026 Seminar on Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine

03 Feb 2026 02.00 PM - 03.00 PM LT4 (North Spine, NS4-02-34) Current Students, Public

Professor George Malliaras

Prince Philip Professor of Technology

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

This seminar will be chaired by Prof Zhou Kun.

Seminar Abstract

Neurological conditions affect one in six people, imposing significant health, economic and societal burden. Bioelectronic medicine aims to restore or replace neurological function with the help of implantable electronic devices. Unfortunately, significant technological limitations prohibit these devices from reaching patients at scale, as implants are bulky, require invasive implantation procedures, elicit a pronounced foreign body response, and show poor treatment specificity and off-target effects. Over the past decade, novel materials and fabrication methods inspired from the microelectronics industry have been shown to overcome these limitations. Recent literature provides powerful demonstrations of thin film implants that are miniaturised, ultra-conformal, stretchable, multiplexed, integrated with different sensors and actuators, bioresorbable, and minimally invasive. I will discuss the state-of-the-art of these new technologies and the barriers than need to be overcome to reach patients at scale.

Speaker's Biography 

George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge (UK), where he leads the Institute for Biomedical Innovation. George received a BS from the Aristotle University (Greece), a PhD from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and taught at Cornell University (USA) and at the School of Mines of St. Etienne (France) before joining Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Materials Research Society, European Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea, and an honorary doctor of the University of Linköping.

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