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Nitish V. Thakor | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Nagpur, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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| Spouse(s) | Ruchira Thakor, M.D. |
| Awards | .IBM Award etc... (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroengineering, Medical Sensors and Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering |
| Institutions | The Johns Hopkins University, The School of Medicine Department of BME Case Western Reserve |
| Thesis | [http:?? Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Microprocessor-based Arrhythmia Monitor] (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | John J. Webster |
| Other academic advisors | Willis J. Tompkins |
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| Other notable students | [[..]]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). |
| Website | karchin-webpage |
Nitish V. Thakor (born 1952) is a American biomedical engineering and Medical Sensors and Instrumentation who pioneered the field of Neuroengineering, a sub-discipline of Biomedical Engineering. He is the Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neurology at Johns Hopkins University. He is the director of the Neuroengineering and Medical Instrumentation Laboratory. He also directs the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) in Singapore]].
Biography
Nitish V. Thakor is the Director the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) at the National University of Singapore and the Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering since 2012. He has also been the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University since 1983. Prof. Thakor’s technical expertise is in the field of Neuroengineering, where he has pioneered many technologies for brain monitoring to prosthetic arms and neuroprosthesis. He is an author of more than 360 refereed journal papers (H Index 66; I-10 Index 313), more than 20 patents, and co-founder of 3 companies. He is currently the Editor in Chief of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, and was the Editor in Chief of IEEE TNSRE from 2005-2011. Prof. Thakor is a recipient of a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health and a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, IEEE, Founding Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and Fellow of International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a recipient of the award of Technical Excellence in Neuroengineering from IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and a Centennial Medal from the University of Wisconsin School of Engineering.
Work
Thakor began his career as a doctoral student and developed the first microprocessor-based ECG/arrhythmia monitor in 1981. He continued work on implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, and associated basic and translational research as a faculty at Northwestern University and Johns Hopkins. Since 1990’s Thakor laid foundations for the field of Neuroengineering, and generally considered the pioneer for applying engineering principles and technologies for translational clinical neuroengineering problems. He has worked for more than two decades on two classes of problems: brain monitoring in neurocritical cre situaitions where the patients may experience critical brain injuries. This work has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for more than 20 years. Over the past 10 years, he has also been on the founding team, with Johns Hopkins Applied physics Lab, to develop neuroprosthesis technologies, first initiated through a large Defense Advanced Project Agency (DARPA) grant and later funded by the NIH. Indeed, his work has progressed to translational stages, and the prosthesis he has developed is commercialized and clinically distributed internationally. He was invited by the National University of Singapore to found a Neurotechnology Institute, named SINAPSE, which has now become an international hub for neurotechnology development. As an author of more than 360 publications and 20 patents, editor of major journals in the field (IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, and Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing), he is generally considered one of the leading scientists in the field of Neuroengineering. He is a Fellow of all major Biomedical Engineering societies (IEEE, Biomedical Engineering Society, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, and International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering). He is also a recipient of many awards, the latest include IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society’s Career Award and has been made a Life Fellow in 2017.