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Jacob George
Director, NeuroRobotics Lab
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Core Faculty, Utah Robotics Center
Member, Utah Center for Neural Interfaces
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Core Faculty, Utah Robotics Center
Member, Utah Center for Neural Interfaces
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jacob A. George received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a Certificate in Computational Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Dr. George graduated with Highest Honors and was the sole recipient of the Biomedical Engineering Student Leadership Award for his contributions to his department as President of the Biomedical Engineering Honor Society. He then received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2018 and 2020, respectively. At Utah, George served as the Co-President of the Graduate Student Advisory Committee and Inaugural President of the IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Student Chapter. Dr. George briefly served as a postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah before establishing his own independent research program via the prestigious NIH Director's Early Independence Award.
E-mail: jacob.george@utah.edu
Office: 85 N Medical Dr., Room 2125B, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132
Current Research
Dr. Jacob A. George is the director of Utah’s NeuroRobotics Lab. His research seeks to augment biological neural networks with artificial neural networks and bionic devices to treat neurological disorders and further our understanding of neural processing. Working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and neuroscience, his NeuroRobotics lab is developing biologically-inspired artificial intelligence and brain-machine interfaces to restore and/or enhance human function.