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Brad King, PhD
Brad King, PhD
After completing his B.S. at Texas Christian University (US), Brad joined the Developmental Motor Control Laboratory led by Dr. Jane Clark at the University of Maryland (US) where he completed both his Master’s and PhD. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in the laboratories of Dr. Julien Doyon at the University of Montreal (Canada) and Dr. Stephan Swinnen at the KU Leuven (Belgium). Brad started at the University of Utah in August 2020. Broadly, his research adopts the motor system as a model to investigate the neuroplasticity underlying learning and memory processes across the human lifespan.
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Anke Van Roy, MS
Anke Van Roy, MS
Anke is a Belgian national, who did her bachelors and masters in the field of movement science at the KU Leuven (Belgium). For her master's thesis, she investigated the behavioral and neural characteristics of motor memory consolidation and how this process can be influenced by the application of electrical tactile finger stimulation. In January 2021, she started her PhD in the Lifespan Motor Neuroscience Lab. She will continue to focus on motor learning and memory consolidation, but now with a special emphasis on these processes in children.
Abigail (Abba) White, BS
Abigail (Abba) White, BS
Abba completed her bachelors in Exercise Science at Colorado Mesa University in 2022. While completing her undergraduate degree, she participated as an intern at the TORCH Lab studying the epidemiology of traumatic brain injuries in primarily Veteran cohorts and working with big data. She joined the Lifespan Motor Neuroscience Lab in August of 2023 to pursue her masters in Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience and will be investigating the effects of exercise on GABA levels in deep brain regions.
Emily Taylor, BS
Emily Taylor, BS
Emily graduated with her bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Denver in 2024. During this time, she worked as a research assistant in the Social Perceptions and Attitudes Lab studying implicit biases in children. In the fall of 2024, she joined the Lifespan Motor Neuroscience Lab pursuing a master's in Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience. She will continue her work with children by examining the learning-related changes in resting state functional connectivity in children.
Owen Benzley, BS
Owen Benzley, BS
Owen earned his Bachelor’s in Neuroscience at Brigham Young University, where he worked as a research assistant utilizing Lesion Network Mapping to identify brain regions implicated in neurogenic stuttering. In 2024, he joined the University of Utah to pursue his PhD in the Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience track. His research focuses on the effects of exercise in older adults, examining its impact on GABA levels in motor and memory-related brain regions and associated changes in cognitive function. Owen is co-supervised by Dr. Genevieve Albouy, director of the Sleep and Motor Memory Lab.
Jet Taylor, MS
Jet Taylor, MS
Jet earned her B.S. in Health and Human Performance from Eastern Oregon University in 2022, and her M.S. in Kinesiology from Boise State University in 2025. For her master's thesis, she examined the relationship between a neural measure of reward processing (the RewP), depression, and lifestyle physical activity in older adults. Jet is joining the Lifespan Motor Neuroscience Lab in August 2025 and is interested in continuing to study age-related changes in cognitive and motor functioning among older adults.
Undergraduate Researchers
Undergraduate Researchers
Mya Dunlap, Psychology, University of Utah
Sophia Terrill, Health & Kinesiology, University of Utah
Collaborators
Collaborators
At the U
Genevieve Albouy (Health & Kinesiology)
Vincent Koppelmans (Psychiatry)
Adriana Coletta (Health & Kinesiology / Huntsman Cancer Institute)
Chris Depner (Health & Kinesiology)
Alan Maschek (Metabolomics Core)
Ying Li (Metabolic Phenotyping Core)
External
Julien Doyon (McGill University)
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Ryder Robins (Summer Program for Undergraduate Research - SPUR, 2024) - current Neuroscience undergrad at the U. of Virginia
Maddie Mulford (Undergraduate Summer Intern, 2024) - current undergrad at the U. of Utah
Haley Blomquist (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - UROP, 2022-24) - currently pursuing a Master's at Western Colorado U.
Mikko Anderson (High School Summer Intern, 2023)
Madison Stark (High School Summer Intern, 2023)
Mitchell Bunn (Undergraduate Summer Intern, 2023)
Paulina Vargas (Summer Program for Undergraduate Research - SPUR, 2023) - current Neuroscience undergad at U. of Texas - El Paso
Jade Robinson (Summer Program for Undergraduate Research - SPUR, 2022) - currently a PhD student at Temple U.
Alisa Curic (Undergraduate Researcher, Spring 2021)
Kathryn Bee (Undergraduate Researcher, Spring 2021)
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