Carolina Mora Lopez

Scientific Director and the Team Leader of the circuits for neural interfaces team
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Carolina Mora Lopez received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, in 2012, in collaboration with imec, Leuven. From 2012 to 2018, she worked as a Researcher and an Analog Designer with imec focused on interfaces for neural-sensing applications. She is currently the Scientific Director and the Team Leader of the circuits for neural interfaces team with imec. Her research interests include analog and mixed-signal circuit design for sensors, bioelectronics, and neural interfaces. Dr. Mora Lopez is an IEEE SSCS Distinguish Lecturer and serves on the Technical Program Committee of the VLSI Circuits Symposium, International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), and ESSCIRC conferences.

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Authored articles

Glowing digital brain connected to a circuit board with chip-like components

Advancing neurotech from brain surface to brain depths

24/06/2024
Research update
Health & life science

New research into higher-density neural probes, more extensive electrode coverage of the brain surface, and electrical stimulation ability.

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Glowing digital brain surrounded by circuit-like lines in blue and magenta

Fast forward to a new generation of miniature, wireless, high-density brain implants

26/10/2023
Featured in the media
Neurotechnology

Recent advances in implant miniaturization, wireless high-rate data transfer, and data compression

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Stylized neural network with glowing brain cells and branching nerve fibers on a dark blue background

The next generation of Neuropixels brings us closer to understanding the brain

18/10/2021
Research update
Neurotechnology

Neuropixels 2.0 packs over 5000 recording sites on a tiny brain implant enabling neuron recordings across brain regions and circuits. This will boost our knowledge of the brain.

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A slender neural probe with fine wires and a small circuit board on a white background

Recording the brain at work with thousands of sensors

08/07/2021
Featured in the media
Neurotechnology

The Neuropixels probe is a state-of-the-art implant to record brain activity. This could lead to a better understanding of the brain itself and brain diseases.

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