| 1987 | B.S., Psychology | University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana |
| 1987 | Ph.A., Philosophy | University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana |
| 1993 | Ph.D., Psychobiology | University of California, Irvine |
| 1993-1994 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, IRU in Brain Aging | University of California, Irvine |
| 1996-1997 | Instructor in Neuroscience | Harvard Medical School |
| 1997-2003 | Assistant Researcher, Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia | University of California, Irvine |
| 2001-2002 | Director of Science | Sage Hill School, Newport Coast, California |
| 2003-2005 | Assistant Researcher, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | University of California, Irvine |
| 2005-2009 | Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | University of California, Irvine |
| 2009-2015 | Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Anatomy & Neurobiology | University of California, Irvine |
| 2015-Present | Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Anatomy & Neurobiology | University of California, Irvine |