Prof. Dr. Efe Anil Aksöz

• BSc in Mechatronics and Systems Engineering (Medical Technology | Robotics)

• UniBern, MSc in Biomedical Engineering (BME)

• MSc in Engineering (MSE)

• Mechatronic Projects I, BFH-TI, BSc in Mechatronics and Systems Engineering (Medical Technology | Robotics)

• Mechatronic Projects II, BFH-TI, BSc in Mechatronics and Systems Engineering (Medical Technology | Robotics)

• Rehabilitation Technology, UniBern, MSc in Biomedical Engineering (BME)

• Rehabilitation Robotics, BFH-TI, MSc in Engineering (MSE)

• 2022 - 2025 Senior Researcher BFH, HuCE – Institute for Human Centred Engineering, rehaLab
• 2020 - 2022 Postdoc University of Bern, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, MLN Lab
• 2019 - 2021 CTO / Co-Founder Kurage SAS
• 2019 - 2021 Research Associate Reha Rheinfelden, Science Department
• 2019 - 2021 Postdoc École normale supérieure de Lyon, Department of Physics
• 2016 - 2017 Research Associate Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPZ)
• 2013 - 2014 Research Assistant ETH Zürich, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, D-HEST, SMS Lab
• 2010 - 2018 Research Assistant Bern University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineering Dept., IRPT
• 2007 - 2010 Teaching Assistant Baskent University, Mechanical Engineering Department

• 2012 - 2018 Doctor of Science (Dr. Sc.) ETH Zürich, Sensory Motor Systems Lab
• 2010 - 2012 M.Sc. Engineering (Industrial Technologies) Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), IRPT Lab
• 2007 - 2010 M.Sc. Mechatronics Baskent University
• 2004 - 2007 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Baskent University

• Villar Ortega, E., Buetler, K.A., Aksöz, E.A. et al. Enhancing touch sensibility with sensory electrical stimulation and sensory retraining. J NeuroEngineering Rehabil 21, 79 (2024).

• Gaumann S, Aksoz EA, Behrendt F, Wandel J, Cappelletti L, Krug A, Morder D, Bill A, Parmar K, Gerth HU, Bonati LH, Schuster-Amft C. The challenge of measuring physiological parameters during motor imagery engagement in patients after a stroke. Front Neurosci. 2023 Jul 31;17:1225440.

• E. V. Ortega, E. A. Aksoz, K. Buetler and L. Marchal-Crespo, ”Enhancing touch sensibility by sensory retraining in a sensory discrimination task via haptic rendering”, Front. Rehabil. Sci., Sec. Interventions for Rehabilitation, Volume 3, 2022.

• E. A. Aksoz, M. Laubacher, R. Riener, and K. J. Hunt, ”Design of an isokinetic knee dynamometer for evaluation of functional electrical stimulation strategies,” “Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 73, pp. 100-106, 2019.

• M. Laubacher, E. A. Aksoz, A. K. Brust, M. Baumberger, R. Riener, S. Binder-Macleod, and K. J. Hunt, ”Stimulation of paralysed quadriceps muscles with sequentially and spatially distributed electrodes during dynamic knee extension,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 16, 2019.

• E. A. Aksoz, M. A. Luder, M. Laubacher, R. Riener, S. A. Binder-Macleod, and K. J. Hunt, ”Stochastically modulated inter-pulse intervals to increase the efficiency of functional electrical stimulation cycling”, Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, vol. 5, 2018.

• M. Laubacher, E. A. Aksoz, R. Riener, S. Binder-Macleod, and K. J. Hunt, “Power output and fatigue properties using spatially distributed sequential stimulation in a dynamic knee-extension task”, European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 117, pp. 1787-1798, 2017.

• M. Laubacher, E. A. Aksoz, I. Bersch, and K. J. Hunt, ”The road to Cybathlon 2016 - Functional electrical stimulation cycling Team IRPT/SPZ”, European Journal of Translational Myology, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 259-264, 2017.

• E. A. Aksoz, M. Laubacher, S. A. Binder-Macleod, and K. J. Hunt, “Effect of stochastic modulation of inter-pulse interval during stimulated isokinetic leg extension”, European Journal of Translational Myology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 229—234, 2016.

• M. Laubacher, E. A. Aksoz, S. Binder-Macleod, and K. J. Hunt, “Comparison of proximally versus distally placed spatially distributed sequential stimulation electrodes in a dynamic knee extension task”, European Journal of Translational Myology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 110—115, 2016.

Bern Medtech Collaboration Grant 2025 (BMCC2025)

Forschungspreis 2023 von Physioswiss

Cybathlon 2016 FES race, 3rd place

• English - Full professional proficiency
• German - Professional working proficiency