Neural Control of Posture and Movement Lab – Dr. Mark G. Carpenter

Mark G. Carpenter, PhD

Professor
Associate Director Research, School of Kinesiology

Post-Secondary Education

PhD Kinesiology, University of Waterloo (1998-2001)
MSc Kinesiology, University of Waterloo (1996-1998)
BSc Honours Kinesiology, University of Waterloo (1992-1996)

Employment Record

Professor, University of British Columbia (2015-present)
Tier II Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia (2005-2015)
NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Sweden (2002-2004)
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo (2002)
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Basel (2001)

Academic Memberships

President- International Society of Posture and Gait Research
Centre Investigator - Brain Research Centre, UBC
Associate Member - International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
Advisory Board Member - Balance and Dizziness Disorder Society
Member - International Society of Posture and Gait Research
Member - Society for Neuroscience
Member – American Physiological Society

Kyle Missen

Kyle completed his bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and master’s degree in Kinesiology at Brock University. His research integrates sensorimotor manipulations, system identification methods, and neuromechanical modelling to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying the control of static and dynamic balance.

Keara Sutherland

Keara completed her BSc(Hons) in Human Kinetics at the University of Guelph and a master's in Kinesiology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her master's research examined the muscular activity in the lower leg and foot during slip recovery. She has recently moved to Vancouver to pursue a PhD with Dr. Carpenter to continue to investigate underlying mechanisms that contribute to static and dynamic balance control.

Contact:

keara.sutherland@ubc.ca

Emma Reiter

Emma began her MSc with Dr. Carpenter in 2020, after completing her Bachelor’s in Kinesiology with a minor in Psychology. Emma enjoys research topics that connect her interests in kinesiology, psychology, and neuroscience. Her projects have focused on postural control and emotional-cognitive state, investigating interactions with postural threat and gaze behaviour, and applying sex- and gender-based analyses. Her current thesis project utilizes eye movements to explore interactions between oculomotor and postural control. In her free time, Emma enjoys hiking, camping, cycling, and taking too many photos of everything.

Contact:
emma.reiter@ubc.ca

Heather Pudwell

Heather graduated from Brock University with a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in 2019. Since moving to Vancouver in 2021 to start her Master’s degree, she has been working on two projects going on in the lab. The first is aiming to compare the effects of height-induced postural threat on control of whole-body and upper-limb postural control. The second project is working with patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and sensory ganglionopathy to investigate how these conditions and their treatments affect standing balance control.

Jeff Kelly

Josh Donald

Josh completed his BSc. with minors in Biology and Chemistry at Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB. His undergraduate research was focused on cerebellar-vestibular interactions in standing balance in both healthy and clinical populations. He has recently moved to Vancouver to pursue his MSc. in Kinesiology under the supervision of Dr. Carpenter. In his free time, Josh enjoys both playing and officiating ice hockey, skiing, and golfing.

Solenne Villemer

Solenne completed her BSc. in Neuroscience at Université de Montréal, Quebec. She just moved to Vancouver to pursue her MSc. in Kinesiology at UBC under the supervision of Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Inglis. In her spare time, Solenne enjoys figure skating, painting, stargazing and spending time at the beach.

Xiangwei Zhang

Xiangwei completed her bachelor's degree in Interactive Art and Technology in Simon Fraser University. She has done several projects about human body interface, and wearable devices for rehabilitation. As a student who has spent past four years studying various kinds of interactive methods, including wearables and Virtual Reality technologies, she always believes that these technologies will not only stay at the stage of entertainment, but for building human body and recovering in medical area. Wearable devices or VR technology should be designed by someone who understands the human body. Therefore, she started her MSc. in Kinesiology at UBC in 2022 FALL. Xiangwei is an ACE certified personal trainer, and an SSI certified free diving instructor. She enjoyed skiing, running, bodybuilding, and free diving before she broke her leg.

Contact:

crazybun@student.ubc.ca

Romain Tisserand - Post-doc
Anna Bjerkefors – Post-doc (2012)
Ursula Kueng – Post-doc (2010)

Martin Zaback - PhD (2021)
Eveline Pasman - PhD (2020)
Taylor Cleworth – PhD (2018)
Brian Horslen – PhD (2016)
Chantelle Murnaghan – PhD (2013)
Adam Campbell – PhD (2012)
Justin Davis – PhD (2010)

Margot Schmidt – MSc (2021)
Emma Nielsen – MSc (2020)
Eduardo Naranjo – MSc (2015)
Jordan Squair – MSc (2014)
Shannon Lim – MSc (2014)
Taylor Cleworth – MSc (2013)
Brian Horslen – MSc (2010)
Carolyn Geh – MSc (2009)
Katherine Pauhl – MSc (2008)