Professor Max J. Ortiz Catalán, Ph.D.

Scientist, humanitarian, and inventor of medical technologies to overcome disabilities and alleviate pain due to sensorimotor impairments. 

Prof. Max Ortiz Catalán
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Prof. Ortiz Catalán working with a prosthesis user

In the news!

Over 100 news articles and documentaries in over a dozen languages.

Research

Highly integrated bionic limbs and neurorehabilitation of pain and functional recovery after sensorimotor impairments.

Volunteering

Empowering nonprofit organizations rehabilitating people with limb loss, pain, and sensorimotor impairments.

Consulting

Supporting researchers and enterprises to investigate, validate, and bring novel medical technologies to clinical use.

Professor Max Ortiz Catalán, Ph.D., is an accomplished scientist and research director with a proven track record in developing both implantable and non-invasive medical technologies from concept to clinical implementation. He has extensive experience raising funding and building teams of highly educated and technically skilled individuals in both industry and academia. He has published close to two hundred scientific articles with collaborators from around the world, primarily in the fields of bionics and phantom limb pain. His work has earned him numerous international awards, and he is regularly invited to speak at leading conferences, universities, and research institutions around the world. He is currently based in Ukraine, conducting voluntary humanitarian and development work.


Magazine feature on Prof. Ortiz Catalán
e-OPRA osseointegrated neuromusculoskeletal prosthesis published in NEJM

€12M+
Funding

Grants for research and development on bionics, pain, and neurorehabilitation.

50+
Collaborators Worldwide

At leading universities, hospitals, and companies around the world.

80+
People Supervised

30+ professionals, 50+ post-graduate students and researchers.

100+
Invited Talks

Keynotes and lectures at premier conferences, hospitals, and universities worldwide.

10+
Prizes/Awards

International recognition for innovation and impactful research.

~200
Publications

Scientific articles, proceedings, abstracts, and book chapters. First or senior author in over 80% of them.

Published

at top-ranking scientific journals

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Science Robotics logo
The New England Journal of Medicine logo
Science Translational Medicine logo
Nature Biomedical Engineering logo

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Featured in

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Wired logo

"How Mind-Controlled Bionic Arms Fuse To The Body" by WIRED

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"Bionic arm: A pioneering union between man and machine" by Al Jazeera

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"New bionic hand allows users to control each finger" by Euro News

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"A step closer to a bionic hand with special surgery and AI" by CNN

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"Bionic limbs integrated to bone, nerves, and muscles" at TEDx Gothenburg

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"Why Amputees Get Virtual Reality Limbs" by Discovery News 

Collaborations

Scientific articles published with researchers of over 30 institutions worldwide, such as

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies logo
IRCCS logo
Imperial College London logo
Medical University of Vienna logo
Sorbonne University logo
University of Essex logo
Princeton University logo
University of Michigan logo
Harvard Medical School logo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT logo
Northwestern University logo
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab logo
University of Chicago logo
University of North Carolina logo
University of Southern California logo
Walter Reed Medical Center logo
Ohio State University logo
UCSF logo
University of Alberta logo
University of New Brunswick logo
Monash Health logo
University of Melbourne logo
Tohoku University logo
Osaka-kyoiku University logo
University Rehabilitation Institute logo
University of Groningen logo
University of Galway logo
NHS logo
Friedrich Schiller University Jena logo
Ghent University logo
Aix Marseille University logo
University Stuttgart logo
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien logo
National Institute of Informatics logo
Ruhr University Bochum logo
The University of Glasgow logo