Alaa Ahmed
Professor
Integrative Physiology • Mechanical Engineering

Alaa Ahmed received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2005. She spent one year as an NIH post-doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Medical School. From 2006-2008, she was a Whitaker International Fellow and post-doctoral researcher in sensorimotor control at the University of Cambridge. In 2008, she joined the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder as an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology. 

Her research program focuses on understanding how the brain controls movement. She uses a neurobabyÖ±²¥app approach that combines techniques from neuroscience, babyÖ±²¥apps, psychology and engineering to investigate the costs and constraints underlying human sensorimotor decision-making, learning, and control. Dr. Ahmed is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a DARPA Young Faculty Award presented to “rising research stars in junior babyÖ±²¥app positions at U.S. academic institutions." Her work has been featured in Forbes, Wired, Time, PBS and other national and international media outlets.