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Simon A. Sharples

Simon Sharlpes
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Simon A. Sharples
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair
Summary Statement

Simon's research program investigates how spinal circuits regulate the gain, flexibility, and precision of motor output, with a particular emphasis on neuromodulatory control of spinal motoneurons.

Department
  • Kinesiology - KINES
  • Graduate Faculty
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Education
  • PhD, Neuroscience (2012-2018) University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • MSc, Kinesiology (2010-2012) Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • BSc, Kinesiology (2006-2010) Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Email
Office Address
34 Rec Hall
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Affiliations

Penn State Huck Life Sciences Institute

Penn State Neuroscience Institute

Center for Movement Science and Technology (C-MOST)

Specializations

Neural control of movement

Electrophysiology

Microscopy

Animal models

Spinal cord injury

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2024-2026) Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019-2024) University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

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