Affiliation: MED-EL Headquarters, Head of Translational Science Communication- R&D

Anandhan Dhanasingh joined MED-EL in the year 2010 as an engineer within the Research and Development (R&D) Electrodes department. Since then, he has served in different roles within R&D and is currently serving as the Head of Translational Science Communication, R&D. In his current role, his responsibility concerns communicating the science behind cochlear implants among peers. He holds a doctoral degree in applied biomaterials, and a master’s degree in biomedical engineering, both from the Aachen University of Technology, Germany, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras, India. He recently completed his master’s degree in business administration majoring in international business from the MCI-The Entrepreneurial School, Innsbruck, Austria. He has authored more than 35 research articles and has been the inventor or coinventor of more than 20 patents on various aspects of cochlear implants since he joined MED-EL.