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Emmanuelle Tognoli is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neuroscience, robotics, and prosthetics, with a focus on haptic feedback, sensorimotor integration, and neuroprosthetic systems. Her work addresses one of the most pressing challenges in prosthetics: restoring meaningful tactile sensation to upper limb-absent individuals, enabling them to reclaim dexterity and autonomy in everyday tasks. Tognoli's most celebrated contribution, "Multichannel haptic feedback unlocks prosthetic hand dexterity" (2022, 40 citations), demonstrated that combining multiple channels of sensory feedback dramatically expands the functional capabilities of myoelectric prosthetic hands, allowing users to perform complex, simultaneous grasp functions previously out of reach. Complementing this, her 2018 armband study (14 citations) advanced bimodal haptic interface design, faithfully reproducing the richness of natural tactile experience through soft robotics and vibrotactile stimulation. More recently, Tognoli has pioneered the concept of biohybrid robotic systems — integrating biological neural networks with robotic limbs — to investigate how sensation and motor control can be restored noninvasively. These innovative models offer new windows into neural plasticity and neuroprosthetic design. Her review of human neuromarkers of tactile perception further underscores her commitment to bridging fundamental neuroscience with applied rehabilitation engineering.