Lab Team

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Meet Our Lab Team!

Principal Investigator

Tim Cope

Tim Cope Ph.D

Professor, School of Biological Sciences and Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Neuroscience

My research interests center on control of movement by sensorimotor integration in the mammalian spinal cord. Using predominantly electrophysiological methods applied in vivo, we study neural signaling by spinal motoneurons, somatosensory neurons, and their central synapses.  Our primary analyses include electrical properties, synaptic function, and firing behavior of single neurons.  We are actively examining how these neurons and synapses respond soon and long after peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. 

Research Scientists

Paul Nardelli

Research Scientist II

Elijah Noisin

Lab Technician I

Postdoctoral Fellows

Travis Rotterman

Travis Rotterman

Post Doctoral Fellow

Kathy Bui

Post Doctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Jake Stevens

PhD Student

Undergraduate Students

Pranati Yadlapalli

Undergrad Student

Medha Gunda

Undergrad Student

Ella Blanchette

Undergrad Student

Elanor Finlayson

Elanor Finlayson

Undergrad Student

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Anika Singh

Undergrad Student


Recent Lab Alumni:

  • Rommy Sierra
  • Caitlin Fix
  • Emily Pfhal
  • Violet Garcia 
  • Evelyn Gardolinski
  • Oreoluwa Amosu
  • Sebinne Lee
  • Nick Housley PT, DPT, PhD