Senior Lecturer
Email: h.saal@sheffield.ac.uk
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I studied Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück, Germany. After an internship at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), I obtained an MSc and PhD in Neuroinformatics at the University of Edinburgh. I was then a postdoctoral scholar in Sliman Bensmaia’s lab at the University of Chicago, before joining the University of Sheffield to set up my own lab. For most of my career I have worked on the sense of touch, using methods from computational neuroscience, robotics, and machine learning.
Research Affiliate, Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Guelph
Email: lcleland@uoguelph.ca
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My research focuses on the role of the tactile system in balance and gait using a combination of computational and experimental techniques.
Visiting MSCA postdoctoral fellow
Email: fliu@fbk.eu
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I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Nanjing University, China, in 2012 and 2015, respectively, and my Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, UK, in 2020. I am currently a Marie Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellow working on the Neuro-encoded Electronic Skin (NEUCODES) project. I also serve as Researcher Co-I on the EPSRC-funded project Green Optimized Printed Integrated Circuits (GEOPIC). My research interests include electronic skin, robotic tactile sensing, printed and flexible electronics, and emerging neuromorphic devices. During my secondment at the Active Touch Lab, I will focus on extending the TouchSim model for electronic skin.
Leverhulme PhD Student
Email: JREHall1@sheffield.ac.uk
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I am a PhD student supervised by Hannes Saal, having previously completed my Masters thesis in the lab. My research focuses on sub-surface imaging of the skin and understanding how its structure affects touch.
PhD Student
Email: sshi20@sheffield.ac.uk
I am a PhD student supervised by Hannes Saal. My background is in psychology and machine learning. My interest is in bridging the techniques and understanding of the two fields. My current research focuses on the computational principles underlying mechanoreception on the hand.
Research Assistant
Email: c.blaise@sheffield.ac.uk
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I’m a Masters student in the Cognitive Studies program at Sheffield and I’m very interested in the intersections between Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience research.
CCN MSc student
Email: JDBanerjee1@sheffield.ac.uk
I am a Cognitive and Computational Master’s student, currently intercalating from my undergraduate degree in medicine at the University of Sheffield. My dissertation project involves using computational modelling to explore the stochastic resonance effect in the tactile system.
Professor
Email: T.J.Prescott@sheffield.ac.uk
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I investigate active touch sensing in animals, humans and robots, focusing on (i) the evolution of the mammalian somatosensory system, (ii) multisensory perception and memory, (iii) haptic interaction and emotional touch in biomimetic robots, and (iv) haptic interfaces for sensory augmentation and telepresence.
Dr Laura Edmondson Chua (2017-2024), now at NTU Singapore
Dr Rodrigo Siqueira Kazu (2019-2023), now at Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience
Dr Zijun Li (2020-2024), now data analyst at Deloitte
Dr Giulia Corniani (2019-2023), now postdoc at Harvard Medical School at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
2023-24: Olivia Wallis, Liam McSweeney
2022-23: James Hall, Raj Deshpande, Wen-Pu Chuang
2021-22: Patrick Brydon, Joanna Kubiak, Peter Beech
2020-21: Tom Graham, Lucy Bradbury, Jesus Rivero Ortega, Jinzhao Wang, Holly Rowland
2019-20: Nicholas Garside, Jonathan Jones, Zimeng Wan
2018-19: Nathan Darnley, Muneerah Patel, Luke Moffat
2017-18: Ursula de Souza Braganca, Ross Bradbury
Holly Clark, research assistant (2024-25)
Daisy Rusdale, postgraduate research assistant (2024)
Mia Rupani, SURE project student and research assistant (2022-24)
Dimitrios Dimitriou, SURE project student and research assistant (2023/24)
Miguel A Casal, visiting PhD student, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (2022)
Giulia Tomassoni, SURE project student (2017)