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Mitra Hartmann is the Chair Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering, with joint appointments in the Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science departments. She has conducted post-doctoral research in Bio-Computing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Computational Neurobiology at the California Institute of Technology, where she also completed her Ph.D. in Integrative Neuroscience. Hartmann has been recognized for her contributions to engineering education, receiving the Teacher of the Year award multiple times from McCormick. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, with significant involvement in various engineering and robotics societies, and has served on editorial boards for prominent journals in her field. Her research focuses on sensorimotor integration, biomechanics, and robotics, advancing our understanding of how animals interact with their environment, which has implications for developing robotic technologies. Hartmann's lab, the Hartmann Lab, explores complex tactile interactions and robotics, contributing to pioneering work in neuroethology and the design of robotic tools for studying sensory behaviors.
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