Rune Thorsen, Ph.D. M.Sc.e.e. - Curriculum Vitae

My research is focused on the development of methods and devices for rehabilitation of the physically challenged especially for improving the hand function and walking. This involves signal processing, electronics, control theory, functional electrical stimulation and processing of EMG signals, hardware and software development, construction of biomedical devices, clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects according to ISO 14155, documentation, statistics, risk assessment, etc.

Address

Rune Thorsen, Ph.D. M.Sc.e.e. (Linea 1). Biomedical Technology Dept. IRCCS "S.Maria Nascente",Fondazione Don Gnocchi Onlus Via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milano, Italy

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Permanent member of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society IFESS

Background:

I was born in Denmark 1967, received my M.Sc.e.e degree from the Technical University of Denmark in 1994 and my Ph.D in bioengineering in 1997. As a researcher in the Danish company, Asah Medico A/S, I carried out research for the European project EPCES (1994-97). Then I started a three-year Post. Doc. position in the European project NEUROS (under the European TMR programme), bringing me around in Europe; 1997 in Italy at the Bioengineering Center (Centro di Bioingegneria), Milano, 1998 in The Netherlands working at Universiteit Twente and in 1999 I conducted experimental work in collaboration with Salisbury District Hospital and University College London in England. In 2000, a new EU project (NeuralPRO) gave me the opportunity to settle in Italy - working at the Bioengineering Center, Don Gnocchi Foundation (Centro di Bioingegneria) then a department of the Bioengineering Department, Polytechnic of Milan.
Since 2007 I have been Full Senior Researcher (permanent staff) at the Biomedical Technology Department of Don Gnocchi Foundation (Polo Tecnologico, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi).

Employments

Year	Place	Title
2003-	Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy	Senior Researcher
2000-02	Centro di Bioingegneria, Milan, Italy	Post Doc. NeuralPRO
1999-00	University college London and Salisbury District Hospital	Post Doc. NEUROS
1998-99	University of Twente, The Netherlands	Post Doc. NEUROS
1997-98	CBI, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy	Post Doc.
1994-97	ASAH Medico A/S, Denmark	Industrial Ph.D. Fellow
	The Technical University of Denmark
	The University Hospital, Denmark

Publications, Patents and Conferences

I am also serving as referee for the following indexed journals

• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Journal of Neural Engineering
• Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
• Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
• Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
• Meas. Sci. Technol

and conferences

• International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS)
  
• Vienna International Workshop on Functional Electrical Stimulation