Meet the Professor

Chairman and Chief Science Officer, Mobile Assay Inc.
As an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado and the Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG), Dr. Cooper developed a method called Quantitative Ratiometric Pixel Density Analysis (QRPDA) and Mobile Image Ratiometry (MIR) which allows mobile smart phone technology to quantify and increase the sensitivity of immunochromatographic lateral flow tests.

Neuroscience Ph.D Chicago Medical School (1994-2000)
Neurobiology and Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow Northwestern University (2000-2004)

Assistant Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2005-2009)
Associate Professor University of Colorado, Boulder (2009-present)
Director of the Molecular Neurogenetics and Optophysiology Laboratory
Chairman and Chief Science Officer, Mobile Assay Inc. (2012-present)

2014-2016 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations ($1,000,000/2 yr): Lab-on-Mobile Device Platform for Mobile Diagnostics and Pathogen Surveillance

2012-2014 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations ($100,000/yr): A Lab-on-Mobile-Device Platform for Seed Testing

2012-2013 Innovative Seed Grant ($45,000/yr): Development of optogenetic tools for dissecting neural circuitry and behavior

2008-2013 NIH NIDA R-01: Plasticity in the prefrontal/hippocampal pathway after high cocaine intake. ($1,500,000/5 yr)

2005-2011 NIH NIDA K-01 /5years: DNA Microarray Analysis of Neuronal Excitability $675,000

2007 Kavli Fellow US/Japan Frontiers in Science National Academy of Science

US/Japan Kavli Frontiers in Science Program Committee co-chair
2014 World Mycotoxin Conference (Austria)- Invited Speaker

2013 Drake University. "Prefrontal Cortical Plasticity and its Role in Behavioral Control Over Stress and Drug Seeking: Insights from Molecular Neurogenetics and Optogenetics."

2013 Lansing MI, Food Safety Advisory Council, "Lab on Mobile Device for Pathogen Testing"

2013 Invited talk for "Prefrontal Cortical Plasticity and its Role in Behavioral Control Over Stress and Drug Seeking" St Thomas University, Minneapolis, MN

2013 Optogenetics 2013, Invited talk, "Prefrontal Cortical Plasticity and its Role in Behavioral Control Over Stress and Drug Seeking:Insights from Molecular Neurogenetics and Optogenetics." Boston

2013 Emerging Pests and Pathogens (EPP) Food Security Innovation Workshop. "Lab on Mobile Device for Plant Pathogen Testing"

Journal of Visualized Experiments JOVE
F1000 Research F1000 Research

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