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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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Development of running is not related to time since onset of independent walking, a longitudinal case study
Bach, M. M., Zandvoort, C. S., Cappellini, G., Ivanenko, Y., Lacquaniti, F., Daffertshofer, A. & Dominici, N., 16 Feb 2023, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17, p. 1-12 12 p., 1101432.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Predicting vertical ground reaction forces from 3D accelerometry using reservoir computers leads to accurate gait event detection
Bach, M. M., Dominici, N. & Daffertshofer, A., 26 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 4, p. 1-12 12 p., 1037438.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Cortical contributions to locomotor primitives in toddlers and adults
Zandvoort, C. S., Daffertshofer, A. & Dominici, N., 21 Oct 2022, In: iScience. 25, 10, p. 1-18 18 p., 105229.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Editorial: Rhythmic Patterns in Neuroscience and Human Physiology
Dominici, N., Iosa, M., Vannozzi, G. & De Bartolo, D., May 2022, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 16, May, p. 1-3 3 p., 936090.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review
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Muscle synergy structure and gait patterns in children with spastic cerebral palsy
Goudriaan, M., Papageorgiou, E., Shuman, B. R., Steele, K. M., Dominici, N., Van Campenhout, A., Ortibus, E., Molenaers, G. & Desloovere, K., Apr 2022, In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 64, 4, p. 462-468Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
Projects
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Learn2Walk. Brain meets spine: the neural origin of toddler's first steps
Dominici, N., Dominici, N., Zandvoort, C., Borhanazad, M., Bach, M. & Koster, R.
1/02/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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FirSTeps - the emergence of walking in children
Bekius, A., Kerkman, J., Dominici, N., Dominici, N. & Goudriaan, M.
1/10/15 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Learning and relearning to walk
Nadia Dominici (Speaker)
20 Jan 2021Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Frontiers in Network Physiology (Journal)
Nadia Dominici (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
Nadia Dominici (Speaker)
15 Oct 2020Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Journal)
Nadia Dominici (Reviewer)
2020 → 2030Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Neuromotor control during the emergence of walking in children
Nadia Dominici (Speaker)
27 Sept 2019Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Prizes
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Susanne Klein-Vogelbach-Prize for the Research of Human Movement
Dominici, Nadia (Recipient), 2013
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
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Press/Media
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"First Steps" Episode, Netflix documentary series Babies
21/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other