Lab Team

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Meet Our Lab Team!

Principal Investigator

Tim Cope

Tim Cope PhD

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

Senior Research Scientist

Elijah Noisin

Lab Technician I

Postdoctoral Fellows

Kathy Bui PhD

Post Doctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Jake Stevens

Predoctoral Candidate

Elanor Finlayson

Graduate Student

Undergraduate Students

Pranati Yadlapalli

Undergraduate Student

Medha Gunda

Undergraduate Student

Danielle Kim

Undergraduate Student

Noah Gasper

Undergraduate Student

Giulia Vitali

Undergraduate Student


Recent Lab Alumni:

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