Our guest in today’s episode is Prof. Yael Hanein, a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Chair of Convergent Engineering, and the Director of the Neuro-Engineering Lab. She is also the CTO and co-founder X-trodes. She published over 100 scientific articles and registered six patents. Prof. Hanein specializes in neuronal interfaces, in particular, the study of new micro and nano devices aimed to interface directly and indirectly with the brain. Her current projects, which we discussed in our conversation, include: novel materials for artificial retina applications, and skin electronics for electrophysiology.

“One of the enormous advantages of academia is that you are surrounded by young and very talented people your whole life, people who are motiv...