Douglas J. Weber, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also holds a secondary appointment in the department of Bioengineering. Dr. Weber earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona in 2001, and received his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Stein at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. In 2003, he joined the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Weber is director of the department’s Rehab Neural Engineering Lab where he and his staff conduct fundamental research into the role and nature of sensory feedback in motor control. His mission is to advance rehabilitation science and practice through scientific discovery and the development of new technologies for assisting and restoring motor function after nervous system injury and limb loss.