Faculty Profile
Citlali Lopez-Ortiz
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
Ph.D. Kinesiology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Curriculum Vitae:
Lopez-Ortiz, C. CV.pdf
Dr. Lopez-Ortiz's research focuses on how the human brain generates dexterity in motor coordination using the language of dance movement to inform the design of dance/movement training protocols in health, disease, and disability through the life span. Her research is intrinsically interdisciplinary. It includes the areas of dance, biomechanics, mathematical modeling, motor control, motor learning, physics, body-environment interfaces, mixed media, computational neuroscience, neurophysiology, and rehabilitation.