Lab Members & Alumni

We have had a wonderful group of Postdocs, Staff, PhD students, and MS students in our lab over the years.

Postdocs and Staff

Nikita Kuznetsov (2015-2017 postdoc): Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.

Jason Jakiela (2015-2017 project manager): Went on to complete his PhD at the University of Delaware. Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Winston Salem State University.

Becca Robins (2015-2017 postdoc): Pimary mentor was Geoff Wright at Temple University. Content program manager at Microsoft.

Masa Yamada (2020-2021 postdoc): Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Whittier College.

Kyoung Shin Park (2021-2022 postdoc): Primary mentor was Jennifer Etnier at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Currently a postdoc at UNCG.

Char Howard (2023-2024 postdoc): Senior Biomechanist at ARCCA.

PhD students

Matt Wittstein (2011-2016): Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise Science at Elon University.

Brian Cone (2014-2018): Research Project Manager in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Ruth Stout (2015-2022): Practicing physical therapist in North Carolina.

Chanel (LoJacono) Whitaker (2016-2021): Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Missouri Southern State University.

Danielle Felsberg (2017-2021): Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Wingate University.

John Palazzolo (2018-2023): Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Sciences at Truman State University.

Mackenzie Pierson (2019-2021): UX Researcher at Meta.

Krista (Meder) Clark (2019-2023): Postdoc at the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Reza Pousti (2023-present)

Josh Lawton (2023-present)

MS students

Jordan (Grubaugh) Wickstrom (2012-2013): Went on to complete her PhD at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is a postdoc at in the Department of Rehabilitation at NIH.

Ruth Stout (2012-2014): Went on to complete her PhD at UNCG.

Ryan MacPherson (2014-2016): Currently the Assistant Director of Technical Development in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC Chapel Hill.