Dario Farina

Prof. Dario Farina is a leading academic in biomedical engineering and neurorehabilitation technology. He currently holds the Full Professorship and Founding Chair of the Department of Neurorehabilitation Engineering at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University, Germany, and serves as Chair for Neuroinformatics at the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology Göttingen. Previously, he held academic positions at Aalborg University and Politecnico di Torino.

• M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (1998)
• Ph.D. in Automatic Control and Computer Science, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2002)
• Ph.D. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (2002)

His research spans biomedical signal processing, neural control of movement, and neurorehabilitation engineering, with over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He has contributed to the book Introduction to Neural Engineering for Motor Rehabilitation and serves on editorial boards of key journals including IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Journal of Neuroscience Methods. His work integrates computational neuroscience with clinical applications.

Dr. Farina has received prestigious awards such as the IEEE Early Career Achievement Award (2010) and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Distinguished Lecturer recognition (2014-2015). He has held leadership roles in the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK), serving as Vice-President (2010-2012) and President.

He has contributed to academic leadership through editorial roles and founded research groups in neural engineering, including the Research Group on Neural Engineering and Neurophysiology of Movement at Aalborg University.