Nitish V. Thakor

Nitish V. Thakor
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Nagpur, India
Nationality	American
Citizenship	USA
Alma mater	Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India University of Wisconsin, Madison
Spouse	Ruchira Thakor
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroengineering, Medical Sensors and Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering
Institutions	The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve
Thesis	[http:?? Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Microprocessor-based Arrhythmia Monitor] (1981)
Doctoral advisor	John G. Webster
Other academic advisors	Willis J. Tompkins

Nitish V. Thakor (koli) ^[1] (born 1952) is an American biomedical engineer and is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, ^[2] a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University. He is also the director of the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) ^[3] at the National University of Singapore. Thakor is a leading researcher in Neuroengineering, having pioneered technologies for brain monitoring to prosthetic arms and neuroprostheses.

Thakor has authored more than 360 refereed journal papers (h-index 68; i10-index 313 as of November 2017 ^[4] )

References

1. Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region. Hindustan Publishing Corporation. ISBN   978-81-7075-035-2.
2. "Nitish V. Thakor, PhD | Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering". Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
3. "Nitish V. Thakor – NUS Sinapse Institute". sinapse.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
4. "Nitish Thakor - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.