Kshitija Garde

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Kshitija Garde is a pioneering researcher in neural engineering, whose work focuses on developing advanced interfaces between the peripheral nervous system and bionic prosthetics. Her primary research areas include regenerative neural interfaces, neuroprosthetics, and selective axonal regeneration. Garde made significant contributions to the field through her foundational work on direct neural interfacing with amputated nerves, demonstrating how multi-electrode arrays can record neural activity from transected peripheral nerves to enable natural motor control and sensory feedback for robotic limbs. Her 2009 paper, "Early Interfaced Neural Activity from Chronic Amputated Nerves," has accumulated 56 citations, establishing a critical framework for bionic limb replacement. In her 2011 study, "Modality-Specific Axonal Regeneration: Toward Selective Regenerative Neural Interfaces" (40 citations), Garde addressed a key challenge in neuroprosthetics: the mixed nature of sensory and motor axons. She proposed innovative strategies for guiding selective axonal regeneration, aiming to create interfaces that can specifically record from motor axons while eliciting precise sensory responses. Her work represents a vital step toward achieving intuitive, bidirectional control of advanced prosthetic devices, bridging the gap between biology and robotics.