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Serena Maggioni is a biomedical engineer and rehabilitation scientist whose research sits at the intersection of robotics, neuroscience, and physical rehabilitation. Her work focuses on developing and refining robotic systems that facilitate motor recovery in individuals with neurological impairments, particularly those with paralysis and spinal cord injuries. In her highly influential 2015 paper on robot-assisted rehabilitation therapy, which has garnered 31 citations, Maggioni examined the underlying recovery mechanisms that drive neurological reorganization during robotic interventions and translated those insights into actionable principles for machine design — a contribution that has meaningfully shaped how rehabilitation robots are engineered and deployed. More recently, her 2025 proof-of-concept study, already accumulating 13 citations, represents a significant leap forward by combining implantable spinal cord neuromodulation with rehabilitation robotics, directly addressing the longstanding challenge that individuals with severe paralysis cannot generate sufficient voluntary movement to benefit from standard robotic therapy. This innovative integration aims to unlock activity-dependent neural plasticity in patients previously excluded from such interventions. Across her career, Maggioni has demonstrated a consistent commitment to bridging fundamental neuroscience with clinical engineering, making her work both scientifically rigorous and profoundly relevant to patients striving to regain movement and independence.