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Daniel Ferris, Ph.D., is the Robert W. Adenbaum Professor in Engineering Innovation and director for the Center of Engineering Human Performance & Wellness in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. in human biodynamics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998. His research focuses on the neural control, biomechanics, and energetics of human movement. His work integrates robotics, human-machine interfaces, mobile brain imaging, and virtual reality technologies to study locomotion and develop assistive devices such as robotic lower-limb exoskeletons and powered prostheses, with applications in gait rehabilitation and spinal cord injury.
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