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Arizona State University, the University of Houston, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Georgia Tech, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain, and Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico have a unique concentration of Principal Investigators (PI) who have the resources and expertise to design, develop, and test innovative neurotechnologies that can effectively transform the lives of physically and cognitively impaired individuals.

Our combined expertise covers the spectrum of mental, neural and physical disabilities across the human lifespan, from peripheral nerve implants and cortical arrays to assistive robotics, EEG, and other noninvasive solutions. Our collective research ranges in populations from pediatrics to the elderly, and technologies from peripheral nerve implants to deep brain stimulators and biosensors.

We include faculty working on the neural basis and engineering solutions for reach-and-grasp, standing, walking, and joint action, and we have ongoing activities in multiple scales of investigation (from single cells to system approaches), and capabilities in both human and non-human models.

Leveraging our expertise in neural engineering, clinical testing, mechatronics, and robotics, we will build a Center focused on cooperating with industrial partners, clinical partners, and federal agencies to accelerate the development, application, evaluation, and deployment of innovative neural technologies. We will focus on reducing the cost/benefit ratio of neural technologies broadly aimed at all levels of neural function and control, from homeostasis to consciousness. We will take a multi-scale, multi-modal, and multi-disciplinary approach to understanding all aspects of human neural function, and in using neurotechnologies in the treatment of human pathology.

To do this, we will partner with industry leaders in and clinical users of neurotechnology to:

Speed the rate at which new technologies are developed and empirically validated

Develop standards and test technologies in human and non-human models using a multi-scale approach, ranging from single neurons to organismal systems

Bring a range of methods for the characterization of technologies, employing novel biosensors and quantitative analyses of systems and behaviors

Evaluate the impact of specific technologies on quality of life

Maintain a conscious focus on reducing the cost/benefit ratio of neural technologies

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Belinda del Carmen Carrión Chavarría

Beom-Chan Lee

Maria Alvarado

Chethan Pandarinath

Carla Caballero Sánchez

Stephen Helms Tillery

Cristina Rivera Garza

David Barbado Murillo

Nina Sharp

David Isaac Ibarra Zarate

David Mayerich

Dennis Reynolds

Diego Pastor Campos

Eduardo Cervelló Gimeno

Mauricio Ramirez-Moreno

Eduardo Iáñez

Enrique Barbieri

Enrique Barrajón-Catalán

Enrique Roche

Francisco C. Robles Hernandez

Francisco Javier Moreno Hernández

George Zouridakis

Gerardo Presbítero Espinosa

Hugo Gustavo González Hernández

Yue Chen

Hyunglae Lee

Ioannis Pavlidis

Javier Mauricio Antelis Ortiz

Vince Calhoun

Jeff Feng

Jennie Si

Jennifer Blain Christen

Joel Carlos Huegel West

John Wolfe

Jorge de Jesus Lozoya Santos

José Antonio Encinar Hidalgo

Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal

Luz María Alonso Valerdi

Nathalie Matychak

Costas Arvanitis

Natalia Garcia Cervantes

Manuel Cebral-Loureda

Michelle LaPlaca

Marco Santello

Myriam Alanis Espinosa

Selcuk Candan

Pedro Daniel Urbina Coronado

Ricardo Ambrocio Ramírez Mendoza

Rosalind Sadleir

Sankaraleengam Alagapan

Sandeep Gupta

Sarah Stabenfeldt

Saurabh Prasad

Sergio Uribe Gutiérrez

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