Sliman Bensmaia
Departmental website:
https://oba.bsd.uchicago.edu/faculty/sliman-bensmaia-phd
https://oba.bsd.uchicago.edu/faculty/sliman-bensmaia-phd
Sliman Bensmaia is a neuroscientist who studies how sensory information is encoded in the nervous system and the brain, including the sense of touch and the position of limbs as they move through space. He is the principal investigator of Bensmaia Lab.
His lab uses these discoveries to develop prosthetic limbs that can restore a realistic sense of touch to amputees and paralyzed patients.