FLORIAN SOLZBACHER
Distinguished Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8309-9610 (opens in a new tab)
- Distinguished ProfessorElectrical & Computer Engineering
- Adjunct ProfessorBiomedical Engineering
- Adjunct ProfessorMaterials Science & Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Harsh Environment MEMS, including: materials (SiC (on Si), SOI, GaN), metallisation systems for high temperatures and aggressive ambient conditions, and silicon fusion bonding and packaging issues. Implantable sensors and systems. Neural interfaces, materials and technologies.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT AND TRANSLATION OF AN INTRACRANIAL AUDITORY NERVE IMPLANT1 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNOCICEPT: NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN PATIENT TRAUMABLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS1 Mar 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTESTING OF BIODEGRADABLE FORMULATIONS FOR SMART HYDROGELS FOR NEURAL INTERFACES AND IMPLANTSSENTIOMED INC1 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTFABRICATION, TESTING AND FAILURE ANALYSIS OF BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI) DEVICES1 Jul 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOMMERCIAL TRANSLATION OF HIGH-DENSITY CARBON FIBER ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR MULTI-MODAL ANALYSIS OF NEURAL MICROCIRCUITSBLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS18 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNOCICEPT: NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN PATIENT TRAUMABLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS28 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBRN NEURALACE 20231 Jul 2023 - 17 Feb 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSENTIOMED INJECTABLE 14-DAY BIODEGRADABLE GLUCOSE SENSOR SYSTEM15 Aug 2022 - 14 Aug 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTADVANCING EPILEPSY DIAGNOSIS WITH FLEXIBLE, HIGH-RESOLUTION THIN-FILM ELECTRODESNEW YORK UNIVERSITY1 Mar 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTA WIRELESS MICRO-ECOG PROSTHESIS FOR SPEECHDUKE UNIVERSITY1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTENGINEERING A TRANSITION MICRO-ELECTRODE ARRAY FOR LARGE-SCALE BRAIN RECORDING AND MODULATIONNIH NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH (60) CHANNEL NEUROSTIMULATOR FOR AN AUDITORY NERVE IMPLANTBLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS1 Aug 2021 - 31 Jul 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTADVANCED ACCLIMATION AND PROTECTION TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL READINESS (ADAPTER)BLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS23 Apr 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT AND TRANSLATION OF SIC BASED ENCAPSULATION FOR CHRONIC NEURAL IMPLANTS IN A NOVEL AUDITORY NERVE IMPLANT1 Aug 2020 - 31 Jul 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSMART HYDROGELSSENTIOMED INC1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTContinuous real-time fentanyl sensor platform based on smart hydrogels for application in anesthesiaNIH7 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT AND TRANSLATION OF AN INTRACRANIAL AUDITORY NERVE IMPLANTUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA30 Sep 2018 - 31 Jul 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTAUDITORY NERVE IMPLANTUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTHydrogel Sensors for metabolic monitoringBrown Foundation1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNSF STTR: Grant Title A Pixelated Hotplate Array for Precipitation and Wind Measurement and the Miniaturization of Weather StationsNSF5 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBISC: Bioelectronic Interfacing to Sensory Cortex with massive fully implanted flexible wireless CMOS surface recording and stimulating arraysDarpa3 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT: dental implant sensor for glucose and fentanylSchool of Dentistry1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDARPA NESD: BISC INTERFACECOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTAdvanced Materials and Fabrication Methods for Achieving Chronically Stable Recording and Stimulation with Blackrock ArraysDarpa8 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSMART HYDROGELSSENTIOMED INC6 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2021