Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D in Bioengineering, University of Kansas, 2020
- Thesis: Neurophysiological mechanisms of sensorimotor recovery from stroke
B.S. in Biology, Stanford University, 2011
- 2-time All-American (Fencing)

Skills

Full stack neurophysiology engineer
- CAD for physical device design (Fusion, OnShape, KiCAD, EAGLE)
- C/C++/Verilog for stuff that needs to be fast
- Matlab/Python/Tableau for stuff that doesn’t
- CSS/JS for web-based behavioral tasks and HID-style interfaces
- Biophysical and biomechanical simulations
Rat pellet retrieval motor model
Nonhuman primate wrist-center-out motor model
Myoelectric realtime/online interfaces
- High-density surface EMG grids.

Work experience

2026 - present: Special Faculty Researcher, CMU

Neuro-Mechatronics Lab
- PI: Doug Weber & Darcy Griffin
Building experimental software, accessible interfaces, and neuromechanical simulation tools.

2021 - 2026: Postdoctoral Researcher, CMU

Neuro-Mechatronics Lab
- PI: Doug Weber & Darcy Griffin
Studying sensorimotor integration using models from mice to humans.

2014 - 2020: Graduate Research Assistant, KUMC

Cortical Plasticity Lab
- PI: Randy Nudo
- Supervisor: David Guggenmos
Developed data pipelines from “the edge” to “the cloud.”
Applied control systems models to cortical activity in relation to motor rehabilitation.

2013 - 2014: Research Technician, Lawrence KS

Identigen North America
- Supervisor: Stacie Eliades-Becker
Assisted in installation of high-throughput tape-based liquid-handling system.
Day-to-day involved conducting SNP-genotype array tests for bovine heritage.

Publications

Effects of tDCS on spontaneous spike activity in a healthy ambulatory rat model

Milighetti, S., Sterzi, S., Fregni, F., Hanlon, C. A., Hayley, P., Murphy, M. D., Nudo R. J., Guggenmos, D. J. (2020). Effects of tDCS on spontaneous spike activity in a healthy ambulatory rat model. Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1566-1576.

Differential effects of open-and closed-loop intracortical microstimulation on firing patterns of neurons in distant cortical areas

Averna, A., Pasquale, V., Murphy, M. D., Rogantin, M. P., Van Acker, G. M., Nudo, R. J., Guggenmos, D. J. (2020). Differential effects of open-and closed-loop intracortical microstimulation on firing patterns of neurons in distant cortical areas. Cerebral Cortex, 30(5), 2879-2896.

Chronic stability of single-channel neurophysiological correlates of gross and fine reaching movements in the rat

Bundy, D. T., Guggenmos, D. J., Murphy, M. D., Nudo, R. J. (2019). Chronic stability of single-channel neurophysiological correlates of gross and fine reaching movements in the rat. PloS one, 14(10), e0219034.

Improving an open-source commercial system to reliably perform activity-dependent stimulation

Murphy, M., Buccelli, S., Bornat, Y., Bundy, D., Nudo, R., Guggenmos, D., Chiappalone, M. (2019). Improving an open-source commercial system to reliably perform activity-dependent stimulation. Journal of neural engineering, 16(6), 066022.

Assessing Perturbations to Neural Spiking Response Dynamics Caused By Electrical Microstimulation

Murphy, M. D., Dunham, C., Nudo, R. J., Guggenmos, D. J., Averna, A. (2018, May). Assessing Perturbations to Neural Spiking Response Dynamics Caused By Electrical Microstimulation. In 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

Comprehensive spatial analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteome reveals a compartmentalization bias toward the bacterial surface

Dowdell, A. S., Murphy, M. D., Azodi, C., Swanson, S. K., Florens, L., Chen, S., Zuckert, W. R. (2017). Comprehensive spatial analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteome reveals a compartmentalization bias toward the bacterial surface. Journal of bacteriology, 199(6).

Current challenges facing the translation of brain computer interfaces from preclinical trials to use in human patients

Murphy, M. D., Guggenmos, D. J., Bundy, D. T., Nudo, R. J. (2016). Current challenges facing the translation of brain computer interfaces from preclinical trials to use in human patients. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 9, 497.

Max Murphy, PhD