Dr ​​Ananda SIDARTA

Dr ​​Ananda SIDARTA

 


Senior Research Scientist
Email: ana​nda.sidarta@ntu.edu.sg
Homepage: https://asidarta.wixsite.com/resume
Education

McGill University (PhD, Neuroscience)
Nanyang Technological University (M.Sc, Biomedical Eng)
Nanyang Technological University (B.Eng, Electronic Eng)

Biography

Ananda is an electronic engineer by training and has about 6 years of industrial experience in electronic manufacturing sectors. After a brief exposure to a rehabilitation project during his Master’s period, he became interested in human movement and the brain. He then completed his PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University in Canada where he studied the mechanisms behind motor learning in humans. As a researcher, he has worked on different projects and mentored undergraduate students from the LKC Medical School, Mechanical Engineering (NTU), and Health Sciences (SIT). He is now responsible for keeping daily operations, facilitating strategic planning, participating in grant applications, and bridging the clinical and neuroscientific aspects of research.

​​​​​Research Interest

​Sensorimotor learning, brain plasticity, neurorehabilitation

​​​​​Project
  • Future Health Technologies/FHT Module 3 (2023 – 2025)
  • Mobility & Balance Ability pilot project (2022-2024)
  • Act-Sens: Robotic-based sensorimotor training in chronic stroke (2019-2023)
  • Ability Data RRIS Strategic Project (2019-2023)

 

Publication

Peer-reviewed Journals

  • Premchand, B., Zhang, Z., Ang, K. K., Yu, J., Tan, I. O., ... Sidarta, A., Kwong, P.W.H. & Chung, L. H. C. (2025). A Personalized Multimodal BCI–Soft Robotics System for Rehabilitating Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke Patients. Biomimetics, 10(2), 94.
  • Soh, L.J., Lim, L.S, Law, W.C., Lau, J.L., Lie, E., Yeh, I.L., Gonzalez, P.C., Sidarta, A., Ang, W.T. (2024). “Technical Properties of a Sensor-Aided Key Rig for Hand Function Measurement: A Proof of Concept Study”. IEEE Sensors Journal.
  • Cheng, H.J., Chin, L.F., Kanzler, C.M., Lehner, R., Kuah, C.W., Kager, S., Josse, E., Samkharadze, T., Sidarta, A., … et al. (2023). “Upper limb sensorimotor recovery in Asian stroke survivors: a study protocol for the development and implementation of a Technology-Assisted dIgitaL biOmaRker (TAILOR) platform.” Frontiers in Neurology, 14, 1246888.
  • Sidarta, A., Lim, Y.C., Wong, R.A., Tan, I.O., Kuah C.W.K., Ang, W.T. (2022). “Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation”. PLOS One, 17(8): e0270693.
  • Sidarta, A., Komar, J., & Ostry, D.J. (2022). “Clustering analysis of movement kinematics in reinforcement learning”. Journal of Neurophysiology, 127(2), 341–353.
  • Liang, P., Kwong, W.H., Sidarta, A., Yap, C.K., Tan, W.K., et al. (2020). “An Asian-centric human movement database capturing activities of daily living”. Scientific Data, 7(1), 290.
Conference abstract
  • Gonzalez, P.C, Sidarta, A., Er, C., et al. (2024). “Comprehensive phenotyping and innovative granular assessment tools for advancing stroke rehabilitation”. Presented at the 8th Singapore Rehabilitation Conference (SRC), Singapore.
  • Sidarta, A., Lim, Y.C., Gonzalez, P.C., Omar, N.B., Er, J.K., Kwong, W.H.P., Ang, W.T. (2024), “Evidence of brain-evoked potentials from a forward trip on a sloped terrain in old adults”. Presented at 18th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), Sydney, Australia.   
  • Sidarta, A., Lim, Y.C., Kuah, C.W.K., Loh, Y.J., Ang, W.T. (2023). “Robot-assisted Active Somatosensory Retraining of Upper Limb Stroke - a Preliminary Finding”. Presented at the RehabWeek 2023 – ACRM Section, Singapore.
  • Kumar, N., Sidarta, A., Ostry, D.J., Thiel, A. (2023). "Early robot-assisted proprioceptive training for arm reaching in acute stroke". Presented at the 9th European Stroke Organization Conference – ESOC 2023, Munich, Germany.
  • Lim, Y.C., Wong, R.A., Tan, I.O., Kuah, C.W.K., Sidarta, A. (2022). “Managing somatosensory impairments in stroke: Current clinical practice and the use of technology”. Presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) annual conference, Chicago, USA.