Principal Investigator
BSc in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Option, University of Alberta
PhD in Neuroscience, University of Alberta
Postdoc in Medical Bionics, Bionics Institute, Australia
Postdoc in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh
Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Former Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Utah
Research Interests
Neural interfaces; Neuromodulation; rehabilitation of walking; reinforcement learning; sensorimotor control
Dr. Dalrymple is the Director of the Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation Via Electrical Stimulation (NERVES) Lab. The NERVES Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab focused on using electrical stimulation to improve sensorimotor function after neural injury. They combine concepts from engineering, neuroscience, computing science, and rehabilitation to provide solutions to improve walking, restore sensation, and reduce pain in both preclinical and clinical studies.
See Dr. Dalrymple’s website for more information.
Recent collaborations:
- Patrick Pilarski, University of Alberta: predictions of walking terrain, control of lower limbs during multi-terrain walking, predictive knowledge to enhance decision making
- Doina Precup, Google DeepMind and McGill University: predictive knowledge to enhance decision making
- Peter Konrad, West Virginia University: ventral spinal cord stimulation
- Aaron Conger, Zack McCormick, Allison Glinka-Przybysz, Alexandra Fogarty, Mark Mahan, University of Utah: development of implant method for ventral spinal cord stimulation
- Taylor Burnham, University of Calgary: development of implant method for ventral spinal cord stimulation
- Amy Lenz, University of Utah: automatic selection of spinal cord stimulation parameters
- Jonathon Schofield, UC Davis: embodiment of a lower-limb exoskeleton
- Lee Fisher, University of Pittsburgh: sensory restoration using transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Andreas Rowald, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität: computational model of ventral spinal cord stimulation
- Tania Lam: transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to reduce neuropathic pain
- Scott Paquette, Newton Cho: intraoperative testing of ventral spinal cord stimulation
Research Projects
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to provide sensory feedback from the missing limb
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to reduce neuropathic pain
- Ventral spinal cord stimulation to improve motor function
- Reinforcement learning control of walking
- Spinal cord stimulation after acute spinal cord injury
- Preclinical testing of novel neural interfaces
Techniques employed in the lab
spinal cord neuromodulation, functional electrical stimulation, spine surgery, electromyography, body-worn sensors, gait analysis, pain and sensory assessments, clinical trials, preclinical device testing, machine learning, reinforcement learning
NERVES Lab members
| Undergraduates | Masters Students | Ph.D. Students | Research Staff |
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| Chimdi Ihediwa | Kyle Valestrino | Sonny Jones | Kylee North |
| Jose Hernandez-Bello | Wyatt Young | Abigail Harrison | |
| Aubrey Andrus | Nathan Wallace | Grange Simpson | |
| Ivan Khimach | |||
| Aadarsh Kuberan | |||
| Christine Andersen | |||
| Hana Habib |
Current Opportunities
The NERVE Lab is accepting new graduate students and undergraduate volunteers. Contact Dr. Dalrymple for more information.
Members of the NERVES Lab playing golf (right)!
Trainee Awards
| Year | Name | Award |
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| 2026 | Jose Hernandez-Bello | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Utah |
| 2025 | Grange Simpson | Pilot Grant – Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Utah |
| Hana Habib | Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, University of Utah | |
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| Jose Hernandez-Bello | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Utah | |
| Nathan Wallace | Dr. Julie Hansen Fellowship, Centre for Medical Innovation, University of Utah | |
| Kylee North | Best Clinical Paper, IEEE EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks |
Recent publications
- Dalrymple, AN et al.. 2026. Effects of peripheral nerve damage on promoting maladaptive plasticity in the spinal cord and brain.. Neuroscience. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2026.05.016.
- Bose, R et al.. 2025. Changes in muscle activation and joint motion during walking after transtibial amputation with sensory feedback from spinal cord stimulation: a case study.. J Neural Eng. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ae16d7.
- Bose, R et al.. 2025. Characterizing spinal reflexes evoked by sensory spinal cord stimulation in people with lower-limb amputation.. J Neuroeng Rehabil. doi: 10.1186/s12984-025-01720-x.
- Jones, ST et al.. 2025. Comparative Analysis of Temporal Difference Learning Methods to Learn General Value Functions of Lower-Limb Signals.. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063114.
- Simpson, GM, North, K, Jones, ST, Dalrymple, AN. 2025. A Novel Template-Matching Method for Extracting Gait Cycles from Underfoot Pressure Data.. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063134.
