Selected Publications

  1. ✦ A. Zhou*, B.C. Johnson*, R. Muller, “Toward true closed-loop neuromodulation: artifact-free recording during stimulation.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Volume 50, June 2018, pp. 119-127

  2. ✦ B. C. Johnson, K. Shen, D. Piech, M. M. Ghanbari, K. Y. Liu, R. Neely, J. M. Carmena, M. M. Maharbiz, R. Muller. “StimDust: A 6.5 mm3 wireless ultrasonic implantable peripheral nerve stimulator with 82% peak chip efficiency.” Proc of the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), April 2018.

  3. ✦  A.J. Zhou*, S.R. Santacruz*, B.C. Johnson*, G.P. Alexandrov, A. Moin, F.L. Burghardt, J.M. Rabaey, J.M. Carmena, R. Muller, “WAND: A 128-channel closed-loop, wireless, artifact-free neuromodulation device”  arXiv:1708.00556

  4. ✦ B.C. Johnson, S. Gambini, I. Izyumin, A. Moin, A. Zhou, G. Alexandrov, S.R. Santacruz, J.M. Rabaey, J.M. Carmena, R. Muller, “An implantable 700μW 64-channel neuromodulation IC for simultaneous recording, and stimulation with rapid artifact recovery” IEEE VLSI Circuits Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2017.

  5. ✦ M.M. Ghanbari, J. Tsai, A. Nirmalathas, R. Muller, S. Gambini. “An Energy-Efficient Miniaturized Intracranial Pressure Monitoring System” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 52, Iss. 3, Mar. 2017.

  6. ✦ M.M. Maharbiz, R. Muller, E. Alon, J.M. Rabaey, J.M. Carmena, “Reliable Next-Generation Cortical Interfaces for Chronic Brain-Machine Interfaces and Neuroscience” Proceedings of the IEEE, invited paper, Jan. 2017.

  7. ✦ R. Muller, X. Yue, S. Ahmadi, W. Ng, W.M. Grosse, M.J. Cook, G.G. Wallace, S.E. Moulton. “Development and Validation of a Seizure Initiated Drug Delivery System For the Treatment of Epilepsy” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 236, Nov. 2016, pp. 732-740.

  8. ✦ Moin, G. Alexandrov, B. Johnson, I. Izyumin, F. Burghardt, K. Shah, S. Pannu, E. Alon, R. Muller, J.M. Rabaey. “Powering and Communication for OMNI: A Distributed and Modular Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Device” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Aug. 2016.

  9. ✦ Muller, H-P. Le, W. Li, P. Ledochowitsch, S. Gambini, T. Borjninen, A. Koralek, J.M. Carmena, M.M. Maharbiz, E. Alon, J.M. Rabaey. “Minimally Invasive 64-channel Wireless uECoG Implant” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 50, No. 1, Jan. 2015 pp.1-16.

  10. ✦ R. Muller, H-P. Le, W. Li, P. Ledochowitsch, S. Gambini, T. Borjninen, A. Koralek, J.M. Carmena, M.M. Maharbiz, E. Alon, J.M. Rabaey. “A Miniaturized 64-channel 225uW Electrocorticographic Wireless Neural Sensor” Proc. of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), paper 24.1, Feb. 2014.

  11. ✦ E. Moradi, K. Koski, T. Bjorninen, R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, L. Sydanheimo, E. Alon, M. Maharbiz, J. Rabaey, L. Ukkonen, Y. Rahmat-Samii. “Advances in Implantable and Wearable Antennas for Wireless Brain-Machine Interface Systems” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Jan. 2014.

  12. ✦ T. Bjorninen, E. Moradi, K. Koski, R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, L. Sydanheimo, J.M. Rabaey, L. Ukkonen, Y. Rahmat-Samii. “Wearable and Implantable Antennas for Wireless Body-Centric Sensing Systems” International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets), Sep. 2013.

  13. ✦ T. Blanche, J. Van Kleef, P. Ledochowitsch, T. Massey, R. Muller, DJ Seo, M.M. Maharbiz. “Cyborg insects, neural dust and other things: Building interfaces between the synthetic and the multicellular.” Proc. of the European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Sep. 2013.

  14. ✦ R. Muller*, P. Chu*, A. Koralek, J.M. Carmena, J.M. Rabaey, S. Gambini. “Equalization for Intracortical Mircostimulation Artifact Reduction” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), July 2013. *Authors contributed equally to this work

  15. ✦ J. Van Kleef, T. Massey, P. Ledochowitsch, R. Muller, R. Tiefenauer, T. Blanche, H. Sato, M.M. Maharbiz. “Cyborg Insects and Other Things: Building Interfaces Between the Synthetic and the Multicellular.” Proc. of the Conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Mar. 2013.

  16. ✦ Bjorninen, R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, L. Sydanheimo, L. Ukkonen, M.M. Maharbiz J.M. Rabaey. “Design of Wireless Links to Implanted Brain-Machine Interface Microelectronic Systems” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Special Cluster on Biomedical Telemetry (AWPL), Vol. 11, pp. 1663-1666, Jan. 2013.

  17. ✦ T. Bjorninen, R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, L. Ukkonen, L. Sydanheimo, J.M. Rabaey, “Antenna Design for Wireless Electrocorticoraphy” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), July 2012.

  18. ✦ Muller, S. Gambini, J.M. Rabaey, “A 0.013mm2 , 5μW, DC Coupled Neural Signal Acquisition IC with 0.5V Supply” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 47, Issue 1, Jan. 2012, pp. 232-243.

  19. ✦ Muller, S. Gambini, J.M. Rabaey, “A 0.013mm2, 5μW, DC Coupled Neural Signal Acquisition IC with 0.5V Supply” Proc. of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Feb. 2011, paper 17.2.

  20. ✦ I.F. Chen, R. Muller, W. Kan, M. Fazio, A. Farrell, D.H. Whitney, “IA 10b 75ns CMOS Scanning-Display-Driver System for QVGA LCDs” Proc. of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Feb. 2008, paper 8.6.

Book Chapter

  1. ✦ R. Muller, S. Gambini, J.M. Rabaey. “Reducing the Implant Footprint: Low-area Neural Recording.” Handbook of Bioelectronics: Directly interfacing electronics and biological systems. Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Invited Conference Presentations and Keynotes

  1. ✦ R. Muller, “Miniaturized and Minimally Invasive Interfaces to the Brain” 2018 FLEX, (Keynote), Feb 2018

  2. ✦ R. Muller, “Miniaturized and Minimally Invasive Interfaces to the Brain” NAE Global Grand Challenges Summit, (Featured Talk), July 2017

  3. ✦ R. Muller, “Minimally Invasive, Closed-loop Neurotherapeutics” Australia Medical Technology Conference, (Keynote), May 2017

  4. ✦ R. Muller, “Miniaturized and Minimally Invasive Interfaces to the Brain” EU-US NAE Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Conference, Oct. 2016

  5. ✦ R. Muller, “Implantable Microsystems: Interfacing Electronics with the Brain”, Design Automation Conference (DAC), SkyTalk (Featured Talk), June 2016

  6. ✦ R. Muller, “Meet the Innovators Under 35” EmTech Conference, MIT Technology Review, Nov. 2015

  7. ✦ R. Muller, “Meet the Innovators Under 35” EmTech Singapore, MIT Technology Review, Jan. 2015

  8. ✦ R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, S. Gambini, A. Koralek, H-P. Le, W. Li, T. Bjorninen, J.M. Carmena, M.M. Maharbiz, J.M. Rabaey. “A Wireless Ultra-low Power High-Density Implantable ECoG.” 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Nanobionics, Nov. 2013

  9. ✦ R. Muller. “Minimally Invasive Platforms for Neural Recording.” CMOS Emerging Technologies (CMOSET) Research Symposium, July 2013

  10. ✦ R. Muller, P. Ledochowitsch, M. Maharbiz, J. Rabaey. “Minimally Invasive Neural Implants for Epilepsy and Beyond” Additive BioFabrication (AdBioFab), Dec. 2012

  11. ✦ R. Muller, S. Gambini, M. Mark, J.M. Rabaey, “Design and Verification of Microscopic Implantable Neural Interfaces” International Test Conference (ITC), Sep. 2011