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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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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 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.