Ramana Vinjamuri

Ramana Vinjamuri holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, specializing in dimensionality reduction in control and coordination of the human hand, which he received in 2008. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the field of Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control prostheses in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, during 2008–2012. In 2010, he received the Mary E. Switzer Merit Fellowship from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). From 2012 to 2013, he was a research assistant professor in neuroprosthetics at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA. Between 2013 and 2020, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. In 2018, he was honored with the Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Teaching Award for his excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. In 2019, he was the recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and in 2020, he received the NSF IUCRC Center Planning grant. He has also received research awards from NIDILRR, United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF), and New Jersey Health Foundation. Currently, he holds a secondary appointment as an adjunct assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India. Dr. Vinjamuri is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at UMBC.