Reza Shadmehr

Reza Shadmehr is an Iranian-American professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,[1] and an elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.[2] He is known for his contributions to the fields of motor control, motor learning, and computational neuroscience.[3][4][5]

Reza Shadmehr
Born
Tehran, Iran
NationalityAmerican
Iranian
Alma materGonzaga University
Known forMotor control
Motor learning
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedical engineering
Computational neuroscience
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
MIT
University of Southern California
Doctoral studentsKurt Thoroughman

Biography

Born in Iran, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 14. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University, and a PhD degree from the University of Southern California. Before joining Johns Hopkins University as a faculty, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Emilio Bizzi at MIT. He was the director of the PhD program at Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering department from 2007 to 2018, during which the program consistently ranked 1st in the U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings.[6][7]

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References
  1. "Reza Shadmehr, M.S., Ph.D." Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
  2. "Reza Shadmehr to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite" (PDF). American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
  3. "The richer the reward, the faster you'll likely move to reach it". Science Daily.
  4. "Researchers Find Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Temporarily Improves Parkinson's Patients' Motor Symptoms". Parkinson's News Today.
  5. "Reza Shadmehr Google Scholars Citation". Reza Shadmehr Publications.
  6. "Best Biomedical Engineering Programs". U.S. News & World Report.
  7. "Reza Shadmehr". Laboratory for Computational Motor Control.
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