Prof. Dr. Carlo Menon

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RESEARCH AREA

Prof. Menon’s laboratory, the BIOMEDICAL AND MOBILE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LAB, focuses primarily on wearable technology. This includes novel materials and sensors for electronic textiles (e-textiles) or other wearables, as well as innovative computational methods for processing bio-signals and monitoring biomarkers detected by our sensing technology. We aim to assist individuals to live healthier lives or to recover from neuromuscular/neurological conditions. We are designing the next generation of wearables for sports and personalized medicine.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Prof Dr Carlo Menon has a Laurea degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Space Sciences and Technologies from the University of Padua in Italy. Carlo was a visiting graduate student at Carnegie Mellon Universitycall_made in the USA and spent a few years as a Research Fellow & Technical Officer in the Advanced Concepts Teamcall_made at the European Space Agency (ESA)call_made in the Netherlands. From there, he moved to Simon Fraser Universitycall_made in Canada, where he received tenure in 2012, and set up the Menrva Research Groupcall_made (40+ researchers). He is currently Full Professor and Head of the Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology lab at ETH Zurich. Among others, Carlo has been awarded a Tier I Canada Research Chair and career awards from both the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)call_made and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)call_made. He has also been the recipient of over 80 competitive grants and published over 400 scientific works. Outside the lab, he likes exploring new corners of scenic Switzerland. Carlo has a strong interest in translating scientific discovery into impactful technologies — he has co-founded two start-up companies.