Mehmet Fatih Yanik
Regular biography
Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on neurotechnology, specifically the development of interfaces to the brain for imaging, decoding, and manipulation of neuronal circuits. His work explores innovative methods to interact with and understand neural systems. Prof. Yanik's research is conducted within the Electrical Engineering department at ETH Zurich, where he contributes to advancing the field of neurotechnology through interdisciplinary approaches.
Scholar-generated biography
Mehmet Fatih Yanik is a researcher at the Neurotechnology Institute of Neuroinformatics at ETH Zurich. His work focuses on neurotechnology and the development of advanced optical and photonic systems. His research includes functional regeneration after laser axotomy, all-optical transistor action, and nonlinear photonic crystal microdevices for optical integration. Yanik also explores high-throughput in vivo vertebrate screening and microfluidic systems for on-chip whole-animal sorting and screening. His studies involve sub-cellular precision in small-animal immobilization, multi-photon imaging, and femtosecond-laser manipulation. Additionally, he investigates innate immune suppression for RNA delivery and deep-learning-based behavior classification in primates and mice.