As an undergraduate student at Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management, Rohit Bose was deeply inspired by Hugh Herr’s TED Talk on the ability of prosthetic leg recipients to walk and dance again. His fascination with the field was not just a passing interest, but a profound passion that would shape his future.
Now, Bose is the newest postdoc at the Human Fusions Institute. Fresh from his Ph.D. studies at the University of Pittsburgh, he is ready to dive into his main focus at HFI: developing innovative invasive and noninvasive technologies to deliver meaningful sensory feedback. His enthusiasm is palpable as he looks forward to rehabilitating differently-abled populations and augmenting the performance of healthy individuals.
Bose was drawn to the collaborative nature of HFI, recognizing the value of different perspectives. “There are so many passionate and talented individuals working towards one vision of humanizing technology to improve quality of life,” he said. “Today, where most disciplines work separately towards the same goal, HFI aims to merge them and provide an interdisciplinary framework. I am looking forward to learning new perspectives from different disciplines.”
While Bose is new to Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland, his experience in the prosthetics field is far-reaching. As a Ph.D. student in Pittsburgh, he worked on restoring sensation in lower-limb amputees using spinal cord stimulation, achieving the first evidence of restoring missing sensation in individuals with peripheral neuropathy. Before his time in the United States, he was a research assistant at the Singapore Institute of Neurotechnology, where he decoded brain responses to different fragrances and used sensory feedback using targeted TENS in upper-limb amputees. His work has been recognized by publishing twenty-one journal articles and four book chapters.
Outside the laboratory, Bose’s interests are as diverse as his professional pursuits. He enjoys cooking, savoring good food, recreational running, board games, and watching movies.
