Sandro Mussaivaldi

Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, PhD

Senior Research Scientist, Shirley Ryan 汤头条app |
Professor, Physiology, PM&R and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

My Lab

My Lab

Robotics Lab

The Robotics Lab's research is aimed at understanding the sensory-motor system through close interaction with artificial systems & how the brain executes motor behaviors.

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About Me

Areas of interest and expertise include robotics, neurobiology of the sensory-motor system and computational neuroscience. Among Dr. Mussa-Ivaldi’s achievements are the first measurement of human arm multi-joint impedance, the development of a technique for investigating the mechanisms of motor learning through the application of deterministic force fields, the discovery of a family of integral generalized inverses for redundant kinematic chains, the discovery of functional modules within the spinal cord that generate a discrete family of force-fields, the development of a theoretical framework for the representation, generation and learning of limb movements and the development of the first neuro-robotic system in which a neural preparation in-vitro - the brainstem of a lamprey - controls the behavior of a mobile-robot through a closed-loop interaction. In recent years Dr. Mussa-Ivaldi’s team has been developing and testing a “body-machine interface” for people with tetraplegia following cervical spinal cord injury. The interface captures residual motion abilities and muscle activities to facilitate the use of devices such as powered wheelchairs and personal computer systems with the dual purpose of providing assistance and engaging the users in targeted therapeutic exercises.

Location

Shirley Ryan 汤头条app

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

  • Education

    1986 – 1988

    PhD, Politecnico di Milano

  • Fellowship

    1987 – 1988

    Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recent Publications

Farshchian A, Sciutti A, Pressman A, Nisky I, Mussa-Ivaldi FA
eLife
doi: 10.7554/eLife.32587
Avraham G, Leib R, Pressman A, Simo LS, Karniel A, Shmuelof L, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Nisky I
eNeuro
doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0179-17.2017
Ghassemi M, Triandafilou K, Barry A, Stoykov ME, Roth E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Kamper DG, Ranganathan R
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2894102

Grants

  • Collaborative Machines Enhancing Therapies (COMET
    National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
    , 2018 - 2019
  • Human and Machine Learning for Customized Control of Assistive Robots
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2017 - 2022
  • "NSF/SBE-BSF:Integration of kinesthetic and tactile
    National Science Foundation
    , 2016 - 2019
  • Motor Learning in a Customized Body-Machine Interface for Persons with Paralysis
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING
    , 2012 - 2019