MASSA SONIA
Dottorando di Ricerca in Bioingegneria
Sonia received her BSc in Biomedical Engineering from the Università degli Studi di Cagliari in 2022 and her MSc in Bioengineering, with a focus on Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation Engineering, from the Università degli Studi di Genova in 2024. She carried out her thesis work at the Rehab Technologies Lab of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT),exploring the use of motor synergies and biomechanical models to improve prosthetic control. Previously, she was involved in a research project at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari investigating oculomotor behavior in virtual environments with perturbed visual feedback during upper limb motor tasks. After completing her studies, she continued working at IIT as a Research Fellow, focusing on control strategies for prosthetic hands. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) of Politecnico di Milano and at the Rehab Technologies Lab (RTECH) of IIT, where her research centers on integrating musculoskeletal modeling into prosthesis control to enhance user adaptation, stability, and functional performance.