Meet the Team
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Max Kurz, PhD
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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Morgan Busboom, PT, DPT
GRADUATE STUDENT
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Jennifer Kime, MS
LAB MANAGER
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Sarah Baker, MA
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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Olyvia Kastner, BA
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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Jiraros Meejang, BS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Katherine Scalzo, BA
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Logan White, MS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Liana Chinen
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
CENTER FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION COLLABORATORS
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Katie Bemis, PT, DPT, NCS
CENTER FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
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Ang Starr
CENTER FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
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Sharon Thompson, PT, DPT
CENTER FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
Professional Collaborators
Gaelle Doucet, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Julie Peterson, PT, DPT Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Kimberly Scott, PT, DPT, PhD Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Brittany Taylor, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Tony Wilson, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
ALUMNI
Melissa Scott-Pandorf, PhD, University of Houston, Integrative Physiology, 2008
Current: Lead Research Scientist at NASA.
Chris Arellano, MS, University of Houston, Integrative Physiology, 2008 Current: Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston.
David Arpin, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Florida’s Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology under the direction of David Vaillancourt, PhD.
Brenda Davies, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Associate Professor in the Kinesiology Department at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Swati Sukar, PT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Department at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
James Gehringer, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2019
Current: Assistant Research Professor at University of Nebraska Medicine’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2020
Current: Assistant Professor at Creighton University’s Department of Physical Therapy.
Jacy VerMaas-Hannan, OTR/L, BCP, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2020
Current: Post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Brain Behavior & Biology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Mike Trevarrow, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neuroscience 2021
Current: Post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s Physical Therapy Department under the direction of Daniel Corcos, PhD.
Saihari Dukkipati, MD/PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2022
Current: Completing his medical training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Hannah Bergwell, MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2022 Current: Research Coordinator, Creighton University.
Erica Hinton, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2023 Current: Streck Inc.
Eibhlis Moriarty, MA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Clinical Psychology, TOPPS Laboratory 2024
Current: Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
