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Leadership Faculty Post-Doctoral Research Fellows Staff

Leadership

Nikolaos Stergiou, PhD
Nikolaos Stergiou, PhD

Assistant Dean and Director, Division of Biomechanics and Research Development, College of Education

Distinguished Community Research Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomechanics

Director, Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR)

Professor, Department of Environmental Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center

nstergiou@unomaha.edu
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Alexey Kamenskiy, PhD

Professor and Chair

Biomechanics

akamenskiy@unomaha.edu
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Jeff Kaipust, MS
Jeff Kaipust, MS

Assistant Director

jkaipust@unomaha.edu

Faculty

Carolin Curtze, PhD

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

ccurtze@unomaha.edu
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Anastasia Desyatova

Biomechanics

adesyatova@unomaha.edu
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Dobri Dotov, PhD
Dobri Dotov, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics

ddotov@unomaha.edu
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Nathaniel H Hunt

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

nhunt@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Majid Jadidi

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

mjadidi@unomaha.edu
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David Kingston

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

dkingston@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Brian A Knarr

Biomechanics, Associate Professor

bknarr@unomaha.edu
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Amelia Lanier, PhD
Amelia Lanier, PhD

Instructor

Outreach Coordinator

Biomechanics, Academic/Research Staff

alanier@unomaha.edu
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Todd Leutzinger, PhD
Todd Leutzinger, PhD

Instructor

Biomechanics, Instructor

tleutzinger@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Aaron D Likens

he/him/his

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

alikens@unomaha.edu
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Professor Philippe Malcolm

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

pmalcolm@unomaha.edu
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Professor Kaspars Maleckis

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

kmaleckis@unomaha.edu
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Madhur Mangalam, PhD
Madhur Mangalam, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics

mmangalam@unomaha.edu
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Mukul Mukherjee

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

mmukherjee@unomaha.edu
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Sara Myers, Ph.D.
Sara Myers, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity

Biomechanics, Professor

samyers@unomaha.edu
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Yury Salkovskiy

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

ysalkovskiy@unomaha.edu
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J. M. Zuniga

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

jmzuniga@unomaha.edu
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellows

Jordan Borrell, PhD
Jordan Borrell, PhD

Research Associate

Dr. Zuniga's Research Team

jordanborrell@unomaha.edu
Farahnaz Fallah Tafti, PhD
Farahnaz Fallah Tafti, PhD

Research Associate

Dr. Myers' Research Team

ffallahtafti@unomaha.edu
Arun Karumattu Manattu, PhD
Arun Karumattu Manattu, PhD

Research Associate

Dr. Zuniga's Research Team

akarumattumanattu@unomaha.edu
Tyler Hamer, Ph.D.
Tyler Hamer, Ph.D.

Research Associate

UNO Sports Medicine and Biomechanics Lab

thamer@unomaha.edu
Felipe Key Yamaguchi, PhD
Felipe Key Yamaguchi, PhD

Research Associate

COBRE Movement Analysis Core

Staff

Russell Buffum, BS
Russell Buffum, BS

Research Development Engineer

COBRE Machining and Prototyping Core

rbuffum@unomaha.edu
Mahdi Hassan, MS
Mahdi Hassan, MS

Biomechanics Research Technologist

Dr. Myers' Research Team

mhassan2@unomaha.edu
Jessica Hilt
Jessica Hilt

Office Associate

jessicahilt@unomaha.edu
Fabricio Malgalhaes, PhD
Fabricio Magalhaes, PhD

Laboratory Technician

COBRE Movement Analysis Core

fmagalhaes@unomaha.edu
Joel Sommerfeld, MS
Joel Sommerfeld, MS

Laboratory Technician

COBRE Nonlinear Analysis Core

Dr. Likens' Research Team

jsommerfeld@unomaha.edu
Lindsey Remski, MS
Lindsey Remski, MS

Research Coordinator

Biomechanics Rehabilitation and Manufacturing Initiative

leremski@unomaha.edu
Nicholas Reynolds, MS
Nicholas Reynolds

COBRE Coordinator

Biomechanics

nrreynolds@unomaha.edu
Laura Rotert
Laura Rotert

Academic Program Coordinator

lecampbell@unomaha.edu
Andrew Walski
Andrew Walski

Research Lab Engineer

COBRE Machining and Prototyping Core

awalski@unomaha.edu

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