Investigator, Instructor NSI Neuro Research Fac MGPO, Mass General Research Institute

Instructor in Neurology Harvard Medical School

PhD Harvard University 2015

motor control; motor learning; neurorehabilitation; neurotechnology; stroke recovery

My research aims to understand the mechanisms of human motor learning and motor control, both in healthy individuals and in ones afflicted by motor disorders, and leverage this understanding to define targets for assessment and rehabilitation of neurological motor impairment. It spans basic work on the neuroscience of motor control with translational research involving patients with neurological motor deficits.

I am particularly interested in stroke for two main reasons. First, motor symptoms resulting from stroke are a leading cause of disability, making it crucial to optimize how we assess and treat them. Motor neuroscience holds incredible potential towards achieving that goal and leading to better outcomes and healthier lives for patients. Second, understanding the mechanisms behind the motor symptoms of stroke can advance motor neuroscience in general, by revealing the neural mechanisms and components used to assemble healthy motor control.

In the course of my research, I’m excited to leverage recent advances in robotics which enable novel ways to both assess and intervene in motor impairment, non-invasive brain stimulation that may enable us to uncover causal relationships between neural activity and different components of this impairment, and data-driven computational methods for the analysis of movement and posture.