Oliver Kannape PhD

Oliver Kannape is the most recent addition to the team of Olaf Blanke. Being an enthusiast of translational research, Oliver has taken up a dual role as a senior scientist in the LNCO, and science coordinator at MindMaze SA. His main focus will be on translating research from VR and robotics-aided rehabilitation to potential treatments, informing policy, and guiding further research. Oliver first stays in the lab. Under the supervision of Olaf Blanke (EPFL), he completed his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2012, investigating sensorimotor contributions to action awareness and the perception of the body and self in VR. Oliver's background also comprehends Information Engineering (BEng – Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) and Cognitive Sciences (MSc – University College Dublin). Following his Ph.D., Oliver spent two and a half years as an SNF scholar with Professor Hugh Herr at the MIT Media Lab, where he developed an EMG interface for lower limb prostheses. Before returning to Switzerland, Oliver was an assistant professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, United Kingdom.