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Dimiter Prodanov

Dimiter Prodanov

Prof. (Assoc.) Dr. Dimiter Prodanov, MD, PhD, is an interdisciplinary researcher at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with over 60 peer-reviewed publications spanning neurotechnology, mathematical physics, and mathematical epidemiology. He holds an MD degree from the Medical University of Sofia and a PhD from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, and was awarded an IBRO postdoctoral fellowship to pursue research in neuroprosthetics at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Since 2023, Prof. Prodanov leads the €2M Horizon Europe ERA Chair project VIBraTE (https://vibrate-project.eu/), a Widening initiative dedicated to exploring the biomechanical and biochemical interactions between implanted electrodes and brain tissue, with the broader goal of advancing safer and more effective neural interfaces. Prior to this, he served as a senior scientist at Imec (Belgium), a world-leading centre in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, where he developed multichannel brain electrodes and later coordinated the H2020 project NanoStreeM on the safety of nanomaterials in semiconductor manufacturing and later served as a regulatory expert heading the Imec Biobank. Prof. Prodanov has a long-standing commitment to open science and open-source development: as an active contributor to ImageJ, the widely used public-domain scientific imaging platform, and his technical work consistently integrates open computational tools—including computer algebra systems and open numerical algorithms—for modelling biophysical phenomena. Since 2009 he has been engaged in the emerging discipline of Neuroinformatics and INCF, bridging machine learning and neuroscience.

In 2024, Prof. Prodanov was appointed to the UNESCO ad hoc working group on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, and in May 2025 served as an official delegate of the Bulgarian government to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Special Committee Meeting that adopted the text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnologies—the first global standard for the ethical governance of this cutting-edge technology. This dual role—as both scientific expert in the drafting process and official state representative at adoption—reflects Prof. Prodanov’s commitment to ensuring that advances in Brain Computer Interfaces and neurotechnology are developed responsibly and with full regard for human rights and safety.

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  • Organization
    Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Profession
    Associate Professor
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9 July 2025
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Brain-Computer interface: Key technical standards and diverse application scenarios
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