Iulian I. Iordachita is a research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a member of the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, and director of the Advanced Medical Instrumentation and Robotics (AMIRo) Research Lab. His research focuses on medical and surgical robotics; medical instrumentation and smart surgical tools; image-guided and computer-assisted surgery; and mechanisms and mechanical transmissions for robots.
He received his Mechanical Engineer Diploma in the Technology of Mechanical Engineering; Diploma of Advanced Studies in Industrial Robots; and Doctor Engineer Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, all at the University of Craiova (Romania) in 1984, 1989, and 1996, respectively.
He joined Johns Hopkins in 2003 after 14 years at University of Craiova, where he was an assistant and associate professor.