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Dobri Dotov, Ph.D.

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Dobromir Dotov, PhD

Dobromir Dotov, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Biomechanics

email:
ddotov@unomaha.edu
office:
BRB  206
office phone:
402.554.4194
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=U-sLAnIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5543-360X
personal website:
http://dobri.dotov.com

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Biography

Dr. Dotov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. His terminal degree is from the University of Connecticut, USA where he completed curriculum combining perception, human movement science, and complex and dynamic systems theory. He has worked in the US, France, Mexico, and Canada and speaks the corresponding languages to various degrees. He is married and currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska.

Teaching Interests

Biomechanics, Movement Science, Complex systems, Embodied Cognitive Science

Research Interests

Interactions between the auditory and motor systems in the context of activities of daily living. Analysis of high-dimensional movement data in the context of motor coordination and inter-personal coordination.

Education

BA, Franklin&Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Psychology, 2007

Ph D, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Psychology, 2013

Professional Development

Institutional Training, New Faculty Onboarding and Orientation, 07/01/2023 - 08/11/2023

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Dotov, Dobromir, Camarena, Dante, Harris, Zack, Spyra, Joanna, Gagliano, Pietro, Trainor, Laurel. 2024. If Turing played piano with an artificial partner, arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08690.

Dotov, Dobromir, Froese, Tom. Embodied AI based on dynamic human-computer interaction, MIT Press.

Dotov, Dobromir, Motsenyat, Ariel, Trainor, Laurel. 2024. Concurrent Supra-Postural Auditory–Hand Coordination Task Affects Postural Control: Using Sonification to Explore Environmental Unpredictability in Factors Affecting Fall Risk, Sensors, 24, 6.

Externally Funded Research

Biomechanical crutches: Biologically inspired design for next generation mobility aids, NSF-Nebraska-EPSCoR, Federal - present

Explainable AI-based estimation of interpersonal interaction as a marker of health and predictor of outcomes in older adult couples, UNMC-Univ of Ne-Medical Center, Universities - present

Rhythmic motor coordination and cross-frequency coupling in cortical dynamics, NSF, Federal - present

Wearable measures of social connectedness in urban and rural dementia dyads, UNMC-Univ of Ne-Medical Center, Universities - present

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Supervised Research

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Department, College, and University

Student Affairs Committee, Committee Member, 09/01/2023 - 09/30/2023

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Westview High School, Board Member, 09/01/2024 - 09/30/2024

Media Contributions

Internet Publication, Science Friday, Hosted by a NYC radio station, this science blog post writes about various topics of popular interest. This one in particular was about the connection between music and movement, as portrayed in movies., 02/01/2024

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