Our Team

Laura Miller McPherson, PT, DPT

SNR Lab Director and Principal Investigator

  • Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy
  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    • Florida International University, Miami, FL
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Neurophysiology
    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
    • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  • D.P.T.
    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • B.E., Biomedical Engineering (minor: Neuroscience)
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Changki Kim, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate

  • Postdoctoral Associate
    • Florida International University, Miami, FL
  • Ph.D., Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
    • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  • B.S., Media Science, College of Information Technology
    • Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

 

 

 

Doctor of Physical Therapy Students 

  • Jorge Carreno
  • Ana Espinal
  • Pablo Vega
  • Shyam Zaveri
  • Richard Varghese
  • Michelle Garcia-Casals
  • Monica Gonzalez
  • Emily Nelson
  • Anthony Nunez
  • Jeffrey Maurer
  • Roy Diaz

 

 

 

 

 

Collaborators 

Florida International University:

 

Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan Ability Lab:
  • Jules Dewald, PT, PhD
    Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
    Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Director of the Neuroimaging and Motor Control Lab
  • CJ Heckman, PhD
    Professor, Departments of Physiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
    Director of the Heckman Lab
  • Theresa Sukal Moulton, PT, DPT, PhD
    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences

 

University of Brescia, Italy:

 

Temple University:

 

Imperial College London:
  • Dario Farina, PhD
    Chair of Neurorehabilitation Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC:

 

Alumni 

  • Nicole Rendos, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS, Postdoctoral Associate
    • Current position: Associate Research Director, Sports Medicine. Andrews Research and Education Foundation, Gulf Breeze, FL
  • Laura Sanchez Piantedosi, DPT, Graduate Research Assistant
    • Current position: Doctor of Physical Therapy, B3 Physical Therapy

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