Tiago Costa

Tiago Costa

Assistant Professor of Bioelectronics

Delft University of Technology

http://bioelectronics.tudelft.nl/

Biography

Tiago Costa received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, in 2014. From 2015 to September 2019 he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, where he worked with Prof. Ken Shepard on ultrasound microchip technology for biological interfaces. Since October 2019 he is an Assistant Professor at the Bioelectronics group at the Delft University of Technology, where is researching new devices for minimally invasive and highly precise interfaces to the nervous system.

Interests
  • Integrated Circuit Design
  • Microfabrication
  • Biological Interfaces
  • Ultrasound Neuromodulation
Education

  • PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014

    Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • MSc in Electronic Engineering, 2008

    Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • BSc in Electronic Engineering, 2007

    Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Research

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All Translational Neurotechnology Tools for Neuroscience Visual prosthesis
Ultrasound Translational Neurotechnologies
Miniaturized focused ultrasound devices for precise and minimally-invasive neuromodulation, from animal models to humans.
Ultrasound Translational Neurotechnologies
Ultrasound Microtechnologies for Neuroscience
High fidelity ultrasound chips to interface with biology at the nano and microscale, from single ion channel proteins to single neurons
Ultrasound Microtechnologies for Neuroscience
Visual prosthesis for the blind
CMOS interface technology for high efficient stimulation of the visual cortex.
Visual prosthesis for the blind

Recent Posts

Several positions available to develop the next generation ultrasonic brain interfaces. Join us!
Focused ultrasound (FUS) brain stimulation is an emerging minimally invasive brain interface that combines high spatial resolution with high depth of penetration. Even though FUS has shown great promise for the treatment of a vast range of neurological diseases, existing FUS stimulators are still bulky, power inefficient and with limited volumetric spatial resolution.
Last updated on Jul 14, 2022 1 min read
EIC Pathfinder Challenges project UPSIDE was granted!
The project proposal UPSIDE - “Focused Ultrasound Personalized Therapy for the Treatment of Depression.”, was granted in the EU call EIC Pathfinder challenge: Tools to measure and stimulate activity in brain tissue (HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02).
Last updated on Jul 4, 2022 2 min read
EIC Pathfinder Challenges project UPSIDE was granted!
We will present our recent work at IEEE EMBC and IEEE IUS.
Our recent work on ultrasound neurotechnologies and power-efficient neuronal stimulation was accepted for the upcoming IEEE EMBC (congrats to Ignas and Cesc!) and IEEE IUS (Congrats to Gandhi!). More information about the conferences: IEEE EMBC: https://embc.
Last updated on Jul 4, 2022 1 min read
New IEEE TbioCAS paper on 2D ultrasound transmit beamformer chips.
Ultrasound powering of implantable devices and focused ultrasound neuromodulation demand high-precision 2D ultrasound transmit beamformer chips. Check our approach towards this goal in our recent IEEE TbioCAS paper. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9484838/
Last updated on Jul 28, 2021 1 min read
New paper in Science Advances!
A project done at Columbia University (Lead PI: Ken Shepard, Lead Co-Pi: Elisa Konofagou, Main author: Chen Shi) was recently published in Science Advances. Here, we have developed the smallest wireless implantable device to date, with a volume below 0.
Last updated on Jun 17, 2021 1 min read
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Team

Principal Investigators

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Tiago Costa

Assistant Professor of Bioelectronics

PhD students

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Chenyan Zhang

Ph.D. student

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Diogo Dias

Ph.D. student (from FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

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Eshani Sarkar

Ph.D. student

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Francesc Varkevisser

Ph.D. student

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Gandhika Wardhana

Ph.D. student

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Hassan Rivandi

Ph.D. student

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Masoumeh Aqamolaei

Ph.D. student

MSc students

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Chunyan Xue

M.Sc. student

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Django Brunink

M.Sc. student

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Eduardo Puchol Morejon

M.Sc. student

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Hidde Woerdman

M.Sc. student

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Niels van Damme

M.Sc. student

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Niels van Lith

M.Sc. student

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Patricia Rodrigues

M.Sc. student

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Tom Wemelsfelder

M.Sc. student

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Yihao Zhang

M.Sc. student

Alumni

Aitor del Rivero Cortázar

M.Sc. student

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Berend Koele

M.Sc. student

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Bruce Wang

M.Sc. student

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Christiaan Boerkamp

M.Sc. student

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Ignas Dilevicius

M.Sc. student

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Ishaan Ghosh

M.Sc. student

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Niels Burghoorn

M.Sc. student

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Reka Savundranayagam

M.Sc. student

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Xinyu Yang

M.Sc. student

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Yidi Xiao

M.Sc. student

Vacancies

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All Postdoc/PhD student MSc student
Postdoc position in Analog and Mixed Signal IC design
Last updated on Jul 5, 2022

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Webinar at INESC-MN
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death, worldwide. Still, a paradigm exists …
Mar 5, 2021 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM INESC-MN

Publications

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T. Costa, C. Shi, K. Tien, J. Elloian, F. A. Cardoso, and K. Shepard (2021). An Integrated 2D Ultrasound Phased Array Transmitter in CMOS with Pixel Pitch-Matched Beamforming. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, pp. 1-1, 2021.

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C. Shi, V. Andino-Pavlovsky, S. A. Lee, T. Costa, J. Elloian, E. E. Konofagou, K. L. Shepard (2021). Application of a sub–0.1-mm3 implantable mote for in vivo real-time wireless temperature sensing. Science Advances 7, eabf6312, (2021).

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Y. Liu, A. Urso, R. Martins da Ponte, T. Costa, V. Valente, V. Giagka, W. A. Serdijn, T. G. Constandinou, T. Denison (2020). Bidirectional Bioelectronic Interfaces: System Design and Circuit Implications. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 30-46, 2020.

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C. Shi, T. Costa, J. Elloian, Y. Zhang, K. L. Shepard (2020). 0.065-mm^3 Monolithically-Integrated Ultrasonic Wireless Sensing Mote for Real-Time Physiological Temperature Monitoring. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 412-424, Jun 2020.

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J. Elloian, J. Sherman, T. Costa, C. Shi, K. L. Shepard (2020). Ablation of piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride with a 193 nm excimer laser. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, vol. 38, no. 3, p. 033202, 2020.

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