Ting Group

Lena H. Ting, PhD

email: lting [at] emory.edu
phone: 404.894.5216
fax: 404.385.5044

313 Ferst Drive NE
U.A. Whitaker Bldg. 3111
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0535

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 1990
M.S.E., Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1993
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1999-2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biologie de la Motricit, Univ. Paris V, 1997-1998

2008 Visiting Miller Professor, University of California, Berkeley
2007 Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Integrative Physiology, American Physiological Society
2007 Above and Beyond Award, Georiga Tech BMES Chapter
2006 CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Georgia Tech
2004 Teaching Excellence Award, Biomedical Engineering Department
1999-2002, Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
1997-1998, Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellowship, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991-1994, National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
1986-1990 Drake Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley

Standing in balance: Translating high-level intentions into low-level motor commands in animals, humans, and robots.
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science, University of Southern California | November, 2008

Dimensional reduction in motor patterns for balance control (abstract)
Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley | September 2008

Why are Robots Cool?
Discovery News: What the Tech?: Technology, Gadgets, Robots | May 15, 2008