Leo Medina is an Associate Professor at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, where he leads the NeuroEng@Usach research group. He is currently in a one-year research visit at The University of Melbourne. In the past, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Miami, a postdoctoral researcher at Universidad de Valparaíso, an associate researcher at Duke University, and an R&D engineer at the Universidad de Chile. He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. His research focuses on applying engineering techniques to understand the nervous system and support the treatment of neurological disorders. He has led ANID-funded projects on complexity analyses of bioelectrical signals for diagnostics, and on neuronal responses to electrical stimulation. Beyond academia, he is passionate about soccer, cooking, and, most importantly, his family.
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Duke University
MSc in Biomedical Engineering, 2007
Universidad de Chile
BSc in Electrical Engineering, 2003
Universidad de Chile