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Biography

Laura studied Electronic Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, holding a PAES scholarship - Best High School Graduates 2002, and received her diploma in 2008. She started working at R&D in Maloka, an Interactive Science Center (Bogotá, Colombia), and became Research assistant in cooperative robotics at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. In 2010 Laura was granted a PCB scholarship from Colfuturo (Colombia) to study a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering at Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She received her diploma in 2012. Laura finished her Ph.D. at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), holding a PRC fellowship, in 2016. Afterwards, she moved to Germany to work as Research Engineer at Otto Bock, a worldwide leader in prostheses. Laura is currently a postdoctoral fellow at UPF. Her research focuses mainly in exploring and designing implantable medical devices capable of performing electrical stimulation and EMG sensing for neuroprosthetics.

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Employment (4)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Escola Superior Politécnica: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2017-05-21 to present | Postdoctoral researcher (Information and Communication Technologies)
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Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH: Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, DE

2016-11-14 to 2017-05-19 | Research Engineer (Research and Development)
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: Bogotá, CO

2009-10-01 to 2010-09-01 | Asistente de Investigación (Facultad de Ingeniería)
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Corporación Maloka: Bogotá, Bogotá DC, CO

2008-03-12 to 2010-08-31 | Coordinadora Tecnología (Investigación y Desarrollo)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2012-10-01 to 2016-10-17 | PhD. (Department of Information and Communication Technologies)
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Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2010-09-20 to 2012-09-20 | MSc. Ingeniería Biomédica (Física)
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia: Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., CO

2002-08-15 to 2008-03-11 | Ingeniería Electrónica (Ingeniería)
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Works (24)

First-in-human demonstration of floating EMG sensors and stimulators wirelessly powered and operated by volume conduction

2023-07-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Jesus Minguillon; Marc Oliver Krob; Camila Rodrigues; Miguel González- Sánchez; Álvaro Megía-García; Carolina Redondo Galán; Francisco Gutiérrez Henares; Albert Comerma; Antonio J. del-Ama et al.
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Powering Electronic Implants by High Frequency Volume Conduction: In Human Validation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jesus Minguillon; Marc Tudela-Pi; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Enric Perera-Bel; Antonio J. del-Ama; Angel Gil-Agudo; Alvaro Megia-Garcia; Aracelys Garcia-Moreno; Antoni Ivorra
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Wireless networks of injectable microelectronic stimulators based on rectification of volume conducted high frequency currents

Journal of Neural Engineering
2022-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Aracelys García-Moreno; Albert Comerma-Montells; Marc Tudela-Pi; Jesus Minguillon; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Antoni Ivorra
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Wireless networks of injectable microelectronic stimulators based on rectification of volume conducted high frequency currents

2022-03-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Aracelys García-Moreno; Albert Comerma-Montells; Marc Tudela-Pi; Jesus Minguillon; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Antoni Ivorra
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Floating EMG Sensors and Stimulators Wirelessly Powered and Operated by Volume Conduction for Networked Neuroprosthetics

2022-03-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Marc Oliver Krob; Jesus Minguillon; Camila Rodrigues; Christine Welsch; Marc Tudela-Pi; Albert Comerma; Filipe Oliveira Barroso; Andreas Schneider; Antoni Ivorra
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Powering electronic implants by high frequency volume conduction: in human validation

2021-03-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Jesus Minguillon; Marc Tudela-Pi; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Enric Perera-Bel; Antonio J. del-Ama; Ángel Gil-Agudo; Álvaro Megía-García; Aracelys García-Moreno; Antoni Ivorra
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Power Transfer by Volume Conduction: In Vitro Validated Analytical Models Predict DC Powers Above 1 mW in Injectable Implants

IEEE Access
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Marc Tudela-Pi; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Aracelys Garcia-Moreno; Jesus Minguillon; Antoni Ivorra
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Injectable Sensors Based on Passive Rectification of Volume-Conducted Currents

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Shahid Malik; Quim Castellvi; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Marc Tudela-Pi; Aracelys Garcia-Moreno; Maryam Shojaei Baghini; Antoni Ivorra
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First Steps Towards an Implantable Electromyography (EMG) Sensor Powered and Controlled by Galvanic Coupling

2019 | Book chapter
Contributors: Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Antoni Ivorra
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Powering Implants by Galvanic Coupling: A Validated Analytical Model Predicts Powers Above 1 mW in Injectable Implants

2019 | Book chapter
Contributors: Marc Tudela-Pi; Laura Becerra-Fajardo; Antoni Ivorra
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Two-Port Networks to Model Galvanic Coupling for Intrabody Communications and Power Transfer to Implants

2018 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2018 - Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85060854501

Contributors: Becerra-Fajardo, L.; Tudela-Pi, M.; Ivorra, A.
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Injectable Stimulators Based on Rectification of High Frequency Current Bursts: Power Efficiency of 2, mm Thick Prototypes

Biosystems and Biorobotics
2017 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85028354912

Contributors: Becerra-Fajardo, L.; Garcia-Arnau, R.; Ivorra, A.
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Demonstration of 2-mm-Thick Microcontrolled Injectable Stimulators Based on Rectification of High Frequency Current Bursts

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Laura Becerra Fajardo; Marieluise Schmidbauer; Antoni Ivorra
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Bidirectional communications in wireless microstimulators based on electronic rectification of epidermically applied currents

Neural Engineering (NER), 2015 7th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on
2015 | Conference paper
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Charge counter for performing active charge-balance in miniaturized electrical stimulators

IFMBE Proceedings
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84937783414

Contributors: Becerra-Fajardo, L.; Ivorra, A.
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Laura Becerra-Fajardo via Scopus - Elsevier

Charge Counter for Performing Active Charge-Balance in Miniaturized Electrical Stimulators

6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering SE - 64
2015 | Book chapter
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In vivo demonstration of injectable microstimulators based on charge-balanced rectification of epidermically applied currents

Journal of Neural Engineering
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84982107379

Contributors: Ivorra, A.; Becerra-Fajardo, L.; Castellví, Q.
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Laura Becerra-Fajardo via Scopus - Elsevier

In vivo demonstration of injectable microstimulators based on charge-balanced rectification of epidermically applied currents

Journal of Neural Engineering
2015 | Journal article
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Laura Becerra-Fajardo

In Vivo Demonstration of Addressable Microstimulators Powered by Rectification of Epidermically Applied Currents for Miniaturized Neuroprostheses

PLoS ONE
2015-07 | Journal article
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Flexible thread-like electrical stimulation implants based on rectification of epidermically applied currents which perform charge balance

Biosystems and Biorobotics
2014 | Book
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2-s2.0-84982109952

Contributors: Ivorra, A.; Becerra-Fajardo, L.
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Flexible Thread-like Electrical Stimulation Implants Based on Rectification of Epidermically Applied Currents Which Perform Charge Balance

Replace, Repair, Restore, Relieve – Bridging Clinical and Engineering Solutions in Neurorehabilitation SE - 67
2014 | Book chapter
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Towards addressable wireless microstimulators based on electronic rectification of epidermically applied currents

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
2014 | Conference paper
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Wireless Microstimulators Based on Electronic Rectification of Epidermically Applied Currents: Safety and Portability Analysis

Proceedings of the 18th IFESS Annual Conference 2013
2013-06-05 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-86-7466-462-9
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Laura Becerra-Fajardo

Proof of Concept of a Stimulator Based on AC Current Rectification for Neuroprosthetics

XXX Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniría Biomédica
2012-11-19 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-84-616-2147-7
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