Påvel Lindberg is a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (Inserm U122, Université de Paris) in the stroke research team of Pr Guillaume Turc. Påvel is a Physiotherapist (Trinity College Dublin) and has worked in adult neurological rehabilitation in both Europe and USA. He obtained a PhD in 2007 on Brain plasticity and hand motor recovery after stroke (Uppsala University/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm). He leads the recovery axis in the team and his research focuses on elucidating the behavioural and neural mechanisms of manual dexterity recovery in stroke, which often remains impaired reducing independence and quality of life of many stroke survivors. A main aim is to translate knowledge on mechanisms to clinically useful rehabilitation approaches. A recent focus is on development and validation of interactive technology for manual dexterity training in stroke. Påvel also studies post-stroke brain plasticity using MRI and transcranial magnetic stimulation. He supervises postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers and has obtained a number of research grants and has >60 scientific publications. He is associate editor for Frontiers Neurology Stroke.