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Current position
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Department of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Main research interests: Advanced Statistical Analysis of Motor Patterns and Kinematics in children and adult humans and in animals, including Factor and Principal Component Analysis; Neural Control of Human Locomotion; Human Motor Pattern Development; Proprioceptive Control of Human Locomotion and Gravitational Physiology, Experimental Neurorehabilitation of rats; Motor Control, Biomechanics.
Education
- 2003–2006: Ph.D. in Neuroscience University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy Advisors: Dr. Y. Ivanenko, Prof. F. Lacquaniti
- 2001: ”Diploma di Laurea” in Physics University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy Advisor: Prof. M. Bonori
Grants
- 2016 ERC Starting Grant: Learn2Walk. Brain meets spine: the neural origin of toddlers' first steps
- 2015 NWO Aspasia Grant (liked to the NWO Vidi Grant)
- 2015 NWO Vidi Grant: FirSteps: the emergence of walking in children
Prizes and Awards
- 2013: Suzanne Klein-Vogelbach -Prize for the Research of Human Movement (Dominici et al. Science 2011)
- 2013: IgNobel Prize in Physics ”or discovering that some people would be physically capable of running across the surface of a pond? if those people and that pond were on the moon”. (Minetti et al. PLoS One 2012)
- 2007: Travel Fellowship for 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM), Sevilla, Spain.
Ancillary activities
- Frontiers | Lausanne | Associate Editor in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Motor Neuroscience | 2014-01-01 - present
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Exploring the cortical involvement in sensorimotor integration during early stages of independent walking
Koster, R. A. J., Zandvoort, C. S., Kerkman, J. N., Daffertshofer, A. & Dominici, N., Jun 2025, In: Experimental Brain Research. 243, 6, p. 1-14 14 p., 153.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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From marker to markerless: Validating DeepLabCut for 2D sagittal plane gait analysis in adults and newly walking toddlers
Verhoeven, M., Zandvoort, C. S. & Dominici, N., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Biomechanics. 186, p. 1-7 7 p., 112708.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The impact of ankle-foot orthotics on selective motor control during gait in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
Keren, D., Goudriaan, M., Springer, S., Sorek, G., Dominici, N., van der Krogt, M. M., Buizer, A. I. & Schless, S. H., Oct 2024, In: Gait and Posture. 114, p. 48-54 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Lateralized modulation of cortical beta power during human gait is related to arm swing
Borhanazad, M., van Wijk, B. C. M., Buizer, A. I., Kerkman, J. N., Bekius, A., Dominici, N. & Daffertshofer, A., 19 Jul 2024, In: iScience. 27, 7, 110301.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Exploring harmonic walking development in children with unilateral cerebral palsy and typically developing toddlers: Insights from walking experience
De Bartolo, D., Borhanazad, M., Goudriaan, M., Bekius, A., Zandvoort, C. S., Buizer, A. I., Morelli, D., Assenza, C., Vermeulen, R. J., Martens, B. H. M., Iosa, M. & Dominici, N., Jun 2024, In: Human Movement Science. 95, 103218.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
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Moving Emotions towards confidence in the Transformative Appropriation for a Meaningful Understanding of cultural heritage: a neuroScientific approach to EUropean Museums
Stins, J. (Project Researcher), Dominici, N. (Principal Investigator) & Ioumpa, K. (Project Researcher)
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Learn2Walk. Brain meets spine: the neural origin of toddler's first steps
Dominici, N. (Project Researcher), Dominici, N. (Principal Investigator), Zandvoort, C. (Project Researcher), Borhanazad, M. (Project Researcher), Bach, M. (Project Researcher) & Koster, R. (Project Researcher)
1/02/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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FirSTeps - the emergence of walking in children
Bekius, A. (Project Researcher), Kerkman, J. (Project Researcher), Dominici, N. (Project Researcher), Dominici, N. (Principal Investigator) & Goudriaan, M. (Project Researcher)
1/10/15 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Learning and relearning to walk
Dominici, N. (Speaker)
20 Jan 2021Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Frontiers in Network Physiology (Journal)
Dominici, N. (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2021 → 1 Jan 2030Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Modular organization of locomotion in human and animal
Dominici, N. (Speaker)
15 Oct 2020Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Journal)
Dominici, N. (Reviewer)
2020 → 2030Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Prizes / Grants
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HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01
Dominici, N. (Recipient) & Stins, J. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2024
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
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Susanne Klein-Vogelbach-Prize for the Research of Human Movement
Dominici, N. (Recipient), 2013
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
Press/Media
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"First Steps" Episode, Netflix documentary series Babies
21/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Datasets
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Koster et al. - Balance training in older adults enhances feedback control after perturbations - data & code
Koster, R. (Creator), Alizadehsaravi, L. (Creator), Muijres, W. (Creator), Dominici, N. (Creator), Bruijn, S. (Creator) & van Dieen, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 11 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13750650, https://zenodo.org/records/13750650
Dataset / Software: Dataset