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Faculty Profile

Citlali Lopez-Ortiz

Citlali Lopez-Ortiz

Assistant Professor

Department of Kinesiology and Community Health

Ph.D. Kinesiology

University of Wisconsin-Madison

lopezort@illinois.edu

 

Website:

Neuroscience of Dance in Health and Disability Laboratory

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.