Oliver A Kannape

Oliver A Kannape is an accomplished professional in the field of neuroscience and virtual medicine, currently serving as the Director of the Virtual Medicine Center at HUG - Hôpitaux since May 2022. In addition, Oliver has been with MindMaze as a Science Coordinator since April 2018 and previously held the position of Senior Scientist at EPFL until May 2022. Oliver's academic background includes a significant tenure as a Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Central Lancashire, where responsibilities included serving as Deputy Programme Lead for the MSc Psychology Conversion and participating in the PSYSOC Ethics Committee. Prior research experience includes positions at MIT Media Lab focused on prosthetics and a PhD from EPFL, where Oliver studied locomotion and cognitive processing using virtual-reality technologies. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Neuroscience from EPFL, an MSc in Cognitive Science from University College Dublin, and a BEng in Information Engineering from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.