
Meet Our Lab Team!
Principal Investigator

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