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Aadeel Akhtar
American businessman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Adeel Akhtar.
Aadeel Akhtar (born 15 January 1987) is a neuroscientist and electrical engineer. He is CEO and founder of the bionics company PSYONIC. In 2021, he was named one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35[1] and was featured in Newsweek’s “America's 50 Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries Who Are Changing the World.”[2]
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Born | (1987-01-15) January 15, 1987 (age 37) Streamwood, Illinois, USA |
Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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Years active | 2015–present |
Known for | Founder and CEO of PSYONIC |
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Fields | Bionics, Neuroscience |
Thesis | Mechanisms for enabling closed-loop upper limb sensorimotor prosthetic control |
Website | https://www.aadeelakhtar.com/ |
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