TUM Neurotechnology Research Alliance
The Alliance
The alliance is organized as an open scientific platform with clear academic responsibility.
At its center is a professorial core at the TUM School of Medicine and Health, complemented by further TUM units, external academic groups and industry and translation partners.
Leadership and governance
Shared scientific and clinical responsibility
Bernhard Meyer, Simon N. Jacob, Lorenzo Masia and Marcello Ienca lead the alliance jointly. The professorial core is responsible for the scientific direction and for the assignment of the research areas. Arthur Wagner coordinates clinical and operational activities, Melissa Zavaglia the cooperation between the partner units within the Alliance.
Decisions on research, clinical translation, the admission of partners, and external communication are taken under academic responsibility and within the applicable legal and institutional requirements.
Professorial core
Operational coordination
Clinical-scientific team
Professorial core
Holds the scientific and clinical responsibility of the alliance at the TUM School of Medicine and Health.
TUM-affiliated partners
Computational neuroscience, neuroelectronics, neuroprosthetics, and neuromorphic systems at the Munich site.
External academic partners
Specialized methodological and clinical collaborations. Strategy and governance remain with the core.
Industry and translation partners
Project-based access to hardware, development expertise, and regulatory pathways.
Partner tiers
TUM-affiliated partners
Complementary technological expertise in Munich
Prof. Dr. Julijana Gjorgjieva
Professor of Computational Neuroscience at TUM. Uses mathematical models to investigate how neural networks develop, learn, and maintain reliable function despite ongoing change.
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wolfrum
Professor of Neuroelectronics at TUM. Develops bioelectronic interfaces and electrochemical sensors to detect and stimulate cellular signals, supporting neuroscience research and bioelectronic medicine.
Prof. Dr. Cristina Piazza
Professor of Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics at TUM. Studies human movement and develops soft robotic assistive devices and control methods for prosthetics and rehabilitation.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hussam Amrouch
Heads TUM’s Chair of AI Processor Design. His research focuses on energy-efficient AI chips, neuromorphic computing architectures, and reliable and secure semiconductor technologies.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. Holger Boche
Heads TUM’s Chair of Theoretical Information Technology. Combines information theory and applied mathematics; his team also investigates neuromorphic computing and energy-efficient signal processing.
External academic partners
Specialized methodological and clinical fields
Andreas Rowald (FAU) works on spinal cord stimulation and brain-spine interfaces, Alessandro Del Vecchio (FAU) on HD-EMG and motor decoding, Gitta Kutyniok (LMU) on the mathematical foundations of the AI methods in use.
Industry & translation partners
Project-based, under academic responsibility
Blackrock Neurotech supplies neural recording systems, ABILITY Neurotech fully implantable BCI platforms. FUTRUE, Google and Brainlab contribute expertise in translation, data processing, and navigation.