About Dr. Gurari
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Netta Gurari received her B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, received her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Robotics, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Unit at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Dr. Gurari's notable achievements include receiving approximately 1.5 million dollars as a PI from seven unique sources of academic funding, conducting research on three continents in three different languages, archiving her findings in robotics-focused and systems neuroscience-focused publications, and presenting her research globally. Since 2018, she is supported by a five-year NIH Career Development Award. In her free time, Dr. Gurari enjoys cooking, yoga, and spending time with her family.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Netta Gurari directs the Robotics and Sensorimotor Control Lab at Virginia Tech, which is comprised of a multi-disciplinary research team that is investigating how humans perceive somatosensory signals at their upper limbs. This research is executed through behavioral studies and is achieved by integrating tools and knowledge from areas including robotics, cognitive neuroscience, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and physical therapy. Dr. Gurari brings a unique perspective to this research area given her formal training in and knowledge of robotics, psychophysics testing, neuropathophysiology, sensory substitution, electrophysiology, biophysical signal processing, and physical therapy. As such, researchers in her lab have formal training in areas including engineering, neuroscience, kinesiology, physical therapy, and medical science.
Contact Information
Email: gurari (at) vt.edu