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Completely Paralyzed Woman Picks Up Cup — With Her Mind

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Team

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CereStim Accessories
Commutators
Host PCs
MISC Accessories
NSS
Power and Isolation
CHA and HBA
EIBs
Electrode Adaptors
Gain and Reducers
Stim/Record Adaptors
Type Changer
Board of Directors
Sales & Support
Senior Leadership
Alicia Colvin
Alicia Colvin
Blackrock Innovations Project Manager
Alicia’s educational and employment background includes 4+ years Direct Patient Care, 5+ years Project Management,
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Dave Kluger
Dave Kluger
Support Engineer
David started working as a Support Engineer in the beginning of 2019 after receiving his
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Greg Palis, BSc
Greg Palis, BSc
Technical Sales Consultant
Greg completed his Undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester where he
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Jeff Tsang
Jeff Tsang
Support Engineer
Jeff Tsang spent 18 years in the Bay State before deciding he needed a change
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Kian Torab, MSc
Kian Torab, MSc
VP of Technical Consulting & Strategy
Kian finished his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis, in biomedical engineering. He
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Kristen McIntosh, BS
Kristen McIntosh, BS
Operations Manager: Manufacturing
Kristen completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah where she
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Likhith Chitneni
Likhith Chitneni
Software Engineer
Likhith is a Software Engineer who likes diving into adjacent fields in hopes of becoming
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Marcus Gerhardt
Marcus Gerhardt
Co-Founder, CEO & CFO
Marcus is CEO of Blackrock Microsystems and Board Director of Neuromed. Marcus has an MPhil
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Moritz Leber, PhD
Moritz Leber, PhD
Technical Lead & Project Manager
Moritz received his PhD form the University of Utah, as well as a Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.)
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Professor Florian Solzbacher
Professor Florian Solzbacher
Co-founder, Chairman & President
Florian is Director of the Center for Engineering Innovation at the University of Utah, Co-Director
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Rajmohan Bhandari, PhD
Rajmohan Bhandari, PhD
Director of Electrode Business
Raj received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Utah and
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Sherman Wiebe, PhD, MBA
Sherman Wiebe, PhD, MBA
Senior Technical Advisor Blackrock Microsystems Europe
Sherman has over 17 years of experience in the neuroscience research field. He earned degrees
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Shuai Wang, PhD
Shuai Wang, PhD
Senior Technical Sales Consultant
Shuai Wang completed his Bachelor’s degree at Nanchang U, China, in Life Sciences and then
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Stephen Hou
Stephen Hou
Support Engineer
Stephen received his B.S. in biomedical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, then went on
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