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Professor Dario Farina is Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering at the Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London. He has previously served as Full Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, and at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany, where he founded and directed the Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems. His research spans biomedical signal processing, neural control of movement, and neurorehabilitation technology, with extensive contributions to electromyography, motor unit analysis, and neural interfaces.
- Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering, Imperial College London
- Former Full Professor, Aalborg University and University Medical Center Göttingen
- Founder and Director, Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems
- Key Affiliations: Centre for Neurotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Network, Robotics Forum, Neuromechanics and Rehabilitation Technology
His research focuses on biomedical signal processing, neural control of movement, and neurorehabilitation technology. He investigates how neural signals control muscles, develops methods to decode motor unit activity from EMG, and designs neural interfaces for prosthetics and rehabilitation. His work integrates computational modeling, signal processing, and clinical applications to improve bionic systems and neurorehabilitation outcomes.
The recent publications (2024–2025) show a strong emphasis on high-density EMG, real-time motor unit decomposition, peripheral and cortical neural interfacing, closed-loop control systems, and AI-driven biosignal analysis. Key themes include decoding spinal and cortical signals, improving prosthetic control, understanding tremor mechanisms, and developing open-source tools for motor unit analysis. The work bridges neuroscience, engineering, and clinical practice.
Scientific awards and honors include:
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2016)
- IEEE EMBS Early Career Achievement Award (2010)
- Nightingale Prize for best paper in MBEC (2007)
- Elected Fellow of EAMBES (2016)
- Elected Fellow of AIMBE (2012)
Professor Farina has advised numerous researchers and students in neuroengineering and rehabilitation technology. He has led major research grants in neural interfaces and neurorehabilitation. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, an editor for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and The Journal of Physiology, and has held editorial roles in multiple journals. He was President of ISEK (2012–2014) and is a Senior Member of IEEE.
He leads a research group focused on neuromechanics, neural decoding, and bionic systems. The team develops tools like I-Spin live and MUedit for real-time motor unit identification and contributes to open-source platforms such as NeuroMotion. The lab collaborates internationally on projects involving spinal cord stimulation, prosthetic control, and wearable robotics, aiming to translate neural engineering advances into clinical rehabilitation.
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