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Nadia Dominici is a leading neuroscientist whose research lies at the intersection of neurorehabilitation, motor control, and neural engineering. Her work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how the brain and spinal cord coordinate locomotion and balance, with profound implications for restoring movement after paralysis. Dominici’s most influential contribution is her pioneering 2012 study, which demonstrated that a combination of electrochemical neuroprosthesis and a robotic postural interface could restore voluntary, supraspinally-mediated locomotion in rats with paralyzing spinal cord injuries—a breakthrough cited over 750 times. She further extended this work by developing versatile robotic interfaces to evaluate and train locomotion and balance in individuals with neuromotor disorders, and by decoding bipedal locomotion from cortical activity in rats, opening new avenues for brain-machine interfaces in gait rehabilitation. Her recent research explores how balance training enhances feedback control in older adults, addressing fall prevention. Dominici’s work has reshaped the landscape of spinal cord injury repair and motor rehabilitation, earning her international recognition as a pioneer in restoring movement and independence after neurological damage.