Pablo Aparicio Iturralde Rodriguez

Neural control of movement, EMG-based BCIs, markerless motion capture, acquisition and processing of EMG signals.

I received my PhD in Bioengineering in 2019 from the University of Pittsburgh. For my PhD studies I received scholarships from the Fulbright Program, the Organization of American States, and the National Agency for Innovation and Reserarch. My dissertation topic was on mathematical models of motor adaptation in locomotion using a split-belt treadmill. My worked included models to describe the evolution of muscle activity measured through surface electromyography and for the characterization of perception of environmental dynamics. Concurrently with my PhD work, I received training at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint program between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Previously I received an MSc in Electrical Engineering (focusing on signal processing for ultrasound imaging) and a degree in Electrical Engineering (specializing in telecommunications and signal processing) in 2012 and 2009 respectively from Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay. I've been an Assistant Professor at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay since 2019. From 2020 to 2023 I served as the undergraduate program coordinator for Electrical Engineering at my institution. In addition to my academic duties, I currently serve as a board member at Uruguay Innovation Hub, a program of the Uruguayan goverment that seeks to propel Uruguay to the forefront of the knowledge economy.