Education 1992-1996  Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) 1986-1991  B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, USA) Positions 2001-Present  Assistant Professor, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2001-Present  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. Bioengineering, U. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 1998-2001  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Div. of Neuroscience, U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1996-1998  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory Univ., Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1992-1996   Graduate Student Researcher, Neuroprosthetics Laboratory, Dept. of Bioengineering, U. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Courses BIOL 499: Honours Research Project I BME 553: Rehabilitation Engineering BME 530: Directed Readings in Biomedical BME 310: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering NEURO 452: Honors Research Project II NEURO 450: Honors Directed Readers NEURO 451: Honors Research Project I NEURO 500: Rotations in Neuroscience PHYSL 465: Honors Research Project I WkExp 905: Engineering Co-op Internships Society Memberships 2003-Present  International Society for MRI, member 1998-Present  New York Academy of Sciences, Member 1997-Present  Society for Neuroscience, Member 1997-Present  IEEE, Member 1996-Present  IFESS, Member 1995-1996  Society for Neuroscience, Student Member 1992-1996  IEEE, Student Member Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations 11/2005   Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA 09/2005   Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (invitation declined – scheduling conflicts) 09/2005   National Institutes of Health Annual Neural Interfaces Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 09/2005   Annual Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Shanghai, CHINA, (invitation declined – scheduling conflicts) 09/2005   Annual Meeting of the Spinal Research Network, London, UNITED KINGDOM 07/2005   Annual Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, Telluride, Colorado, USA 06/2005   11th Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA 04/2005   Lexington Conference on Translational Neuroscience, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 04/2004   Will-to-Win Symposium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA 01/2004   Canadian Physiological Society and RB Stein Symposium, Vernon, British Colombia, CANADA 01/2004   Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington University, Seattle, USA 12/2003   Tenth Meeting of the International Neural Regeneration Society, San Francisco, California, USA 11/2003   Satellite Meeting on Developments in Neural Probe Technologies and Applications, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 09/2003   Grand Rounds Seminar, Spinal Cord Injury Division, Glenrose Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 07/2003   International Brain Research Organization World Congress, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC 06/2003   Grand Rounds Seminar, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 03/2003   Canadian Paraplegic Association Seminar, Glenrose Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 02/2003   Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA 10/2002   Second Joint Meeting of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology and the Biomedical Engineering Societies, Houston, Texas, USA 08/2002   World Congress on Biomechanics, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA 09/2001   Meeting of the American Paraplegic Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 07/2001   Spinal Cord Research Group Seminar, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA 04/2001   Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 02/2001   Department of Bioengineering Seminar, University of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona, USA 02/2001   Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 12/2000   Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques Seminar, University of Montreal, Quebec, CANADA 12/2000   Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA 12/2000   Sensory Motor Performance Program Seminar, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA 11/2000   Department of Sensorimotor Systems Seminar, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, ENGLAND 11/2000   Institute of Neurology Seminar, University College London, London, ENGLAND 11/2000   Salisbury District Hospital Seminar, Salisbury, ENGLAND 11/2000   Spinal Cord Function and Rehabilitation Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 08/2000   Division of Physical Therapy Seminar, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 08/2000   Biomedical Engineering Program Seminar, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, USA 06/2000   Swiss Paraplegic Center Seminar, University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, SWITZERLAND 06/2000   Neural Prostheses Triennial Meeting: Motor Systems VI, Aalborg, DENMARK 04/1999   Dept. of Neurology Seminar, University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA 04/1999   Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Seminar, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA 01/1998   Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar, Allegheny Univ. of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 08/1997   Neuroscience Research Group Seminar, U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 08/1997   Neuroscience Research Group Seminar, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA 12/1995   Motor Control Group Seminar, Emory Univ., Atlanta, Georgia, USA