Nitish Thakor, a professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2017 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society's Academic Career Achievement Award.
Image caption: Nitish Thakor in researcher mode
The honor is given annually to an individual with a distinguished career of 20 years or more for outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of biomedical engineering as an educator, researcher, developer, or administrator.
Thakor is being recognized for "lifelong achievements in the fields of biomedical instrumentation and signal processing, neuroprosthesis, and neuroengineering, demonstrated through awards, publications, translational activities, and leadership in the society's conferences and editorial activities."
He received the award during the opening ceremony of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, which was held this month on Jeju Island, Korea.
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