Yasin Çotur

Institute of Biomedical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Yasin Çotur

Biography:
Yasin Cotur focuses his research on intelligent biomedical electronics systems. The foundation of his work consists of wearable sensors, implants, and the biomedical applications of artificial intelligence. His current research develops smart devices for physical rehabilitation and novel systems for animal health. By integrating flexible biosensors, IoT platforms, and adaptive human-machine interfaces with machine learning, his laboratory aims to build personalized, holistic health monitoring and management platforms for both clinical and veterinary care.

Combining his academic background with strong industry and entrepreneurial experience, Yasin Cotur served as a Research Associate at Imperial College London prior to joining Boğaziçi University in 2026. Concurrently, he took on executive roles in London-based health-tech startups, serving as the Founder and CTO of AniML Tech, and as the CTO of Spyras Ltd. In these industry leadership roles, he directed interdisciplinary teams to build integrated sensing platforms, managing the entire product development ecosystem from hardware design to machine learning-based data analysis. Alongside his research, he co-supervised over 13 graduate projects and theses during his time at Imperial College.

Dr. Cotur earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Imperial College London in 2021, focusing on stretchable acoustic transducers and wearable wireless sensors. He also holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2013) and an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (2015), both from Boğaziçi University.

Research Interests:

Bioelectronics and Smart Wearables
Animal Healthcare Technologies
Soft Robotics and Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces
Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics in Biomedicine
Internet of Things (IoT) and Embedded Systems
Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Digital Therapeutics

Education:

Ph.D., Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2016 – 2021.
M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 2013 – 2015.
B.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 2008 – 2013.

Academic & Professional Experience:

Faculty Member, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 2026 – Present.
Research Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2021 – 2026.
Electrical and Data Engineer, Gripable Ltd, London, UK, 2022 – 2025.
Founder & CTO, AniML Tech Ltd, London, UK, 2021 – Present.
CTO, Spyras Ltd, London, UK, 2018 – 2022.
Research Assistant, Robotics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 2014 – 2015.
Researcher, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK) Marmara Research Center (MAM), Turkey, 2013 – 2014.

Scientific & Technological Research Projects

Researcher: "Industrialisation of a transformative soft-stretchy sensor tool for family-led paediatric bimanual therapy", Biomedical Catalyst, £957,344, UK, 2025 – 2027.
Researcher: "Squeezable: combining novel soft-sensing technology and interactive gamification to revolutionise upper-limb therapy for pediatric cerebral palsy patients", Biomedical Catalyst, £710,000, UK, 2022 – 2024.
Researcher: "Detecting urinary tract infections with disposable paper-based electrical gas sensors", EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), £126,000, UK, 2021 – 2022.
Researcher: "GPS-independent navigation system for explosive detection dogs", Institute for Security Science and Technology (ICL), £3,000, UK, 2020 – 2021.
Researcher: "Development of a paper-based sensor for continuous breath analysis for monitoring patient health", Innovate UK Smart Grants, £310,000, UK, 2019 – 2021.
Researcher: "Automatic prediction of olfactory recognition events in detection dogs using wearable transducers", Institute for Security Science and Technology (ICL), £3,000, UK, 2019 – 2020.
Researcher: "AI-enhanced paper-based breathing monitoring system", MedTech SuperConnector, £60,000, UK, 2018 – 2019.
Researcher: "Cognitive Controlled Myoelectric Hybrid Prosthetic Hand", TUBITAK ARDEB, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (Boğaziçi University), Turkey, 2013 – 2015.

Publications

Y. Cotur†, H. Kurt†, A. Sanli†, E. Abedi, M. M. Mentes, S. Pike, M. Kasimatis, G. Barandun, M. Grell, N. Goldsmith, M. Mace, F. Güder, "Stretchable Integrated Sensor for Point-of-Care Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy Patients", In Preparation, 2026.
P. Coatsworth, Y. Cotur, T. Asfour, A. S.-P. Collins, Z. Zhou, J. M. R. Flauzino, T. Bozkurt, D.-Y. Chao, F. Güder, "Plant-on-a-chip: continuous, soilless electrochemical monitoring of salt uptake and tolerance among different genotypes of tomato", Sensors & Diagnostics, 2024.
L. Gonzalez-Macia, Y. Li, K. Zhang, E. Nunez-Bajo, G. Barandun, Y. Cotur, T. Asfour, S. Olenik, P. Coatsworth, J. Herrington, F. Güder, "NFC-enabled potentiostat and nitrocellulose-based metal electrodes for electrochemical lateral flow assay", Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2024.
A. S. P. Collins, H. Kurt, C. Duggan, Y. Cotur, P. Coatsworth, A. Naik, M. Kaisti, T. Bozkurt, F. Güder, "Parallel, Continuous Monitoring and Quantification of Programmed Cell Death in Plant Tissue", Advanced Science, 2024.
P. Coatsworth, Y. Cotur, A. Naik, T. Asfour, A. S.-P. Collins, S. Olenik, L. Gonzalez-Macia, T. Bozkurt, D.-Y. Chao, F. Güder, "Time-Resolved Chemical Phenotyping of Whole Plant Roots with Printed Electrochemical Sensors and Machine Learning", Science Advances, 2023.
S. Smith, R. Ogborne, Y. Cotur, M. Adeel, H. J. Marcus, F. Güder, "Soft devices in neurological surgery", Nature Reviews Materials, 2023.
Y. Cotur*, S. Olenik, T. Asfour, M. Bruyns‐Haylett, M. Kasimatis, U. Tanriverdi, L. Gonzalez‐Macia, H. S. Lee, A. S. Kozlov, F. Güder, "Bioinspired Stretchable Transducer for Wearable Continuous Monitoring of Respiratory Patterns in Humans and Animals", Advanced Materials, 2022.
M. Adeel, Y. Cotur, A. Naik, L. Gonzalez-Macia, F. Güder, "Face masks as a platform for wearable sensors", Nature Electronics, 2022.
F. Alshabouna, H. S. Lee, G. Barandun, E. Tan, Y. Cotur, T. Asfour, L. Gonzalez-Macia, P. Coatsworth, E. Núnez-Bajo, J.-S. Kim, F. Güder, "PEDOT: PSS-modified cotton conductive thread for mass manufacturing of textile-based electrical wearable sensors by computerized embroidery", Materials Today, 2022.
K. Brophy, S. Davies, S. Olenik, Y. Cotur, D. Ming, N. Van Zalk, D. O'Hare, F. Guder, A. Yetisen, "The future of wearable technologies", Imperial College London, 2021.
E. Nunez-Bajo, A. Silva Pinto Collins, M. Kasimatis, Y. Cotur, T. Asfour, U. Tanriverdi, M. Grell, M. Kaisti, G. Senesi, K. Stevenson, F. Güder, "Disposable silicon-based all-in-one micro-qPCR for rapid on-site detection of pathogens", Nature Communications, 2020.
Y. Cotur*, M. Kasimatis, M. Kaisti, S. Olenik, C. Georgiou, F. Güder, "Stretchable Composite Acoustic Transducer for Wearable Monitoring of Vital Signs", Advanced Functional Materials, 2020.
M. Kasimatis, E. Nunez-Bajo, M. Grell, Y. Cotur, G. Barandun, J.-S. Kim, F. Güder, "Monolithic Solder-On Nanoporous Si-Cu Contacts for Stretchable Silicone Composite Sensors", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019.

Patents

M. Grell, G. Barandun, F. Guder, M. Kasimatis, Y. Cotur, "Component for a stretchable electronic device", US Patent App. US20220157621A1, 2022.
G. E. Winfield, Y. Cotur, F. Guagliardo, "Systems and methods for analysing breathing", PCT App. WO2021044150A1, 2021.
Y. Cotur, F. Guder, M. Kasimatis, "Component", PCT App. WO2020030660A1, 2020.

Peer Reviewer

ACS Sensors | Advanced Functional Materials | IEEE Sensors Journal

Presentations
Oral Presentations

Y. Cotur, M. Kasimatis, S. Olenik, F. Guder, "Flexible acoustic transducer for monitoring vital signs", Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE), Cambridge, UK, 2020.
Y. Cotur, F. Guder, "Flexible Wearable System for Monitoring Vital Signs of Working Dogs", Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI), Milton Keynes, UK, 2020.
Y. Cotur, M. Kasimatis, M. Kaisti, F. Guder, "Flexible Transducer for Continuous Wearable Health Monitoring", BioMedEng18, London, UK, 2018.
I. Unal, B. Turetken, Y. Cotur, "Microwave Imaging of Breast Cancer Tumor Inside Voxel-Based Breast Phantom Using Conformal Antennas", URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS), Espoo, Finland, 2016.
Y. Cotur, M. Ozkan, A. Demir, H. Turnaoglu, A. M. Agildere, O. Alkan, A. M. Ulug, "Probabilistic Determination of Brain Tumor Locations", 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Milan, Italy, 2015.
Y. Cotur, M. Ozkan, A. Demir, H. Turnaoglu, A. M. Agildere, O. Alkan, A. M. Ulug, "Comparison of low and high grade glioma maps", 19th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BIYOMUT), Istanbul, Türkiye, 2015.
Y. Cotur, M. Ozkan, A. Demir, H. Turnaoglu, A. M. Agıldere, O. Alkan, A. M. Ulug, "Beyin Tümörlerinin Olasılıksal Atlası", 36. Ulusal Radyoloji Kongresi (TÜRKRAD), Antalya, Türkiye, 2015.

Poster Presentations

Y. Cotur, S. Olenik, T. Asfour, M. Bruyns-Haylett, M. Kasimatis, U. Tanriverdi, L. Gonzalez-Macia, H. S. Lee, A. S. Kozlov, F. Guder, "Bioinspired flexible transducer for monitoring respiration of humans and furry animals", Gordon Research Conference, Rhode Island, USA, 2022.
A. Atasoy, Y. Cotur, E. Toptas, S. Kuchimov, E. Kaplanoglu, S. Takka, M. Ozkan, "Anthropomorphic Dexterous Prosthetic Hand: Mechanical Design", 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2015.
C. Gumus, E. Capa, Y. Cotur, T. Hasekioglu, E. Kaplanoglu, M. Ozkan, "EMG Classification of Index Finger Adaptive to Prosthetic Hand", 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2014.
E. Capa, Y. Cotur, C. Gumus, E. Kaplanoglu, M. Ozkan, "Comparative EMG classification of index finger", 18th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BIYOMUT), Istanbul, Türkiye, 2014.

Honors & Awards:

Winner of Launchpad Program, London Business School, 2022.
Finalist in Stage Two (Pan-European University Startup Competition), 2022.
Featured Cover Article, Advanced Materials (Vol. 34, Issue 33), 2022.
Business-Led Innovation Award, Innovate UK, 2020.
Materials Innovation Award, Medtech Innovations, 2020.
Featured Cover Article, Advanced Functional Materials (Vol. 30, Issue 16), 2020.
Universities Entrepreneurship Award, Santander, 2019.
JC Gammon Award, Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub, 2019.
Mayor of London Entrepreneur Award, 2019.
ISST Champions Fund, Institute for Security Science and Technology, 2019.
Ph.D. Scholarship, Ministry of National Education, Turkey.
Ranked 91st (of 1.5M+ candidates), National University Entrance Exam, 2008.

Co-Supervising & Mentoring

Z. Dong, "Implantable Bioelectronics for psychological Monitoring of Animal" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2025.
Y. Harayama, "Development of noise cancellation algorithms for heart sounds using microphone beamforming" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2024.
Z. Dong, "Software development for physiological monitoring of pets" (Summer Project), 2023.
T. Bayindir, "Development board design for disposable q-pcr (TriSiLiX) device" (Summer Project), 2023.
S. Smith, "Enhancing the efficiency of CPU, measurement, and heating elements in disposable q-pcr (TriSiLiX) device" (Summer Project), 2020.
S. Olenik, "A robust inertial navigation system for canine application" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2020.
T. Li, "Audio amplification and processing unit for real-time recording of heart sounds" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2020.
J. H. B. Koh, "Silicone-based stretchable sensors in wearable devices for dogs" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2020.
C. Georgiou, "Wearable wireless system for canine heart rate monitoring" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2019.
C. Chong, "Optimisation of soft acoustic wearable sensor for animals" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2019.
P. Kgwarae, "Detection of dog posture using deep learning algorithms" (Summer Project), 2018.
K. Hobbs, "Optimisation of hardware for a wearable device for physiological monitoring of canines" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2018.
M. del R. Alvarez Tamariz-Martel, "Software development and behaviour classification for a wireless wearable physiological monitoring system for canines" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2018.
Y. Dong, "Esp32 programming study and circuit board design for the wearable device for detecting olfactory recognition events of dogs" (M.Sc. Thesis), 2017.