If A Single Neuron Fires in the Brain, Will Anyone See It?

If A Single Neuron Fires in the Brain, Will Anyone See It? By Sam Brusco for Medical Design Technology magazine 5 March 2015 Let me introduce Andy Gotshalk, CEO of Blackrock NeuroMed. With almost 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, Gotshalk began as a field service…

March 5, 2015

Woman Controls a Fighter Jet Sim Using Only Her Mind

Woman Controls a Fighter Jet Sim Using Only Her Mind By Nick Stockton for Wired 5 March 2015 Jan Scheuermann uses a mind-controlled robot arm to eat a chocolate bar.(UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) ALL JAN SHEUERMANN wanted to do was feed herself some chocolate.…

March 5, 2015

Control Your Home With a Brain Implant

Control Your Home With a Brain Implant By John Cusack for Geek Reply 25 January 2015 The headline seems a bit arrogant and unreal, but researchers at Brown University have teamed up with Blackrock Microsystems and actually made a brain implant which can remotely control various devices in…

January 25, 2015

A Brain-Computer Interface That Works Wirelessly

A Brain-Computer Interface That Works Wirelessly By Antonio Regalado for MIT Technology Review 14 January 2015 A wireless transmitter could give paralyzed people a practical way to control TVs, computers, or wheelchairs with their thoughts. A wireless brain interface uses the head-worn…

January 14, 2015

For Utah Tech Startup, Federal Funding Proved Risky

For Utah Tech Startup, Federal Funding Proved Risky By Kristen Moulton for The Salt Lake Tribune 10 January 2015 Blackrock Microsystems nearly went bankrupt when gridlock took hold in Washington. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Florian Solzbacher, President of Blackrock Microsystems,…

January 10, 2015

Blackrock Microsystems Launches Wireless Brain Research System

Blackrock Microsystems Launches Wireless Brain Research System SALT LAKE CITY (Dec. 18, 2014)—Neuroscience research has gone wireless. Today, Blackrock Microsystems LLC announced that it has struck an agreement with Brown University to license and commercialize a wireless neural activity monitoring…

December 18, 2014

New Brain Implant Tech from Blackrock is Making ‘Mind Over Matter’ a Reality

New Brain Implant Tech from Blackrock is Making ‘Mind Over Matter’ a Reality By John Hewitt for Extreme Tech 18 December 2014 In 2012 quadriplegic Jan Scheuermann had two electrode arrays implanted in her brain’s left motor cortex. Within a week, she could use the implant to move a…

December 18, 2014

Ten-dimensional anthropomorphic arm control in a human brain−machine interface: difficulties, solutions, and limitations

Ten-dimensional anthropomorphic arm control in a human brain−machine interface: difficulties, solutions, and limitations B Wodlinger, J E Downey, E C Tyler-Kabara, A B Schwartz, M L Boninger and J L Collinger Journal of Neural Engineering  2014  Vol. 12 © The Author(s). 2014 Published: 16 December…

December 16, 2014

Wireless Neurosensor for Full-Spectrum Electrophysiology Recordings during Free Behavior

Wireless Neurosensor for Full-Spectrum Electrophysiology Recordings during Free Behavior Ming Yin, David A. Borton, Jacob Komar, Naubahar Agha, Yao Lu, Hao Li, Jean Laurens, Yiran Lang, Qin Li, Christopher Bull, Lawrence Larson, David Rosler, Erwan Bezard, Grégoire Courtine, Arto V. Nurmikko…

December 4, 2014

New European Headquarters to Propel Blackrock Microsystems’ Growth, Neuroscience Research

New European Headquarters to Propel Blackrock Microsystems' Growth, Neuroscience Research SALT LAKE CITY (Dec. 2, 2014)—This weekend, a handshake marked the opening of Blackrock Microsystems LLC's new European headquarters in Hanover, Germany. But this was no ordinary handshake. Instead, Olaf Lies,…

December 2, 2014

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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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