Dr. Ritu Raman is the d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

Her lab is focused on using biological materials and engineering tools to build living neuromuscular tissues. These biological actuators help them understand and manipulate the architecture and function of the biological motor control system. Their goal is to help restore mobility to those who have lost it after disease or trauma, and to deploy biological actuators as functional components in machines.

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