Assoc ProfessorGiacomo Severini

Giacomo Severini is currently an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His research is focused on the study of human motor control and motor learning as a mean for developing novel concepts and tools for improving rehabilitation of impaired individuals.

He is particularly interested in the development and use of robots in various aspects of the rehabilitation process and in the use of predictive neuromuscular modeling for devising new interventions. Dr. Severini received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Roma Tre University in Rome, Italy, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He worked as Research Associate at the Motion Analysis Laboratory of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston from 2011 to 2015 and as postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School from 2012 to 2015. He has received >2M in funding as PI from the EU (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Research Council and Enterprise Ireland.