Curriculum Vitae

Neil B. Huben
EDUCATION
2014-2016

Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2011-2012

Fulbright U.S. Student Program in Medical Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2007-2011

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-2016

Human Anatomy and Physiology Teacher, Clarksdale High School, Clarksdale, MS

2014-2015

Chemistry and Physical Science Teacher, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, MS

2014, 2015

Teaching Internship, MTC Summer School, Holly Springs High School, Holly Springs, MS

2012

Volunteer Teacher, Youth Institute of Science and Technology, Ejisu-Abanase, Ghana

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013-2014

Research Laboratory Technician II, Rehabilitation Science Research Laboratory

Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

2012-2013

Research Assistant (Without Compensation), Department of Surgery

Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE

2011-2012

Fulbrighter/Research Assistant, Motor Control and Learning Laboratory

Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2008-2011

Research Assistant, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility

College of Education, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
2013

Behavioral Health Technician, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility

Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE

2007-2009

Patient Care Technician, Pre-Operative/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

FELLOWSHIPS & PROGRAMS

2014-2016

Mississippi Teacher Corps, University of Mississippis School of Education, Oxford, MS

2011-2012

Fulbright U.S. Student Program, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Project: The Effects of Visual and Auditory Stimulation on Postural Sway

2010-2011

NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR Fellowship, Nebraska Space Grant Program, Omaha, NE
Project: Variability of Movement in an Altered Inertial Dynamics Task, $5,000

2010

Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Project: Revascularization and Functional Mobility in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients, $3,000

2009-2010

NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR Fellowship, Nebraska Space Grant Program, Omaha, NE
Project: The Effect of Masai Barefoot Technology on Joint Kinematics and Kinetics, $1,000

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2009
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Project: The Effect of Level of Occlusion on Gait Impairment in Peripheral Arterial Disease, $3,000
2008-2011

University Honors Program (2011 Graduate), University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE

MINI-GRANTS
2015

School Health Mini-Grant, Mississippi Department of Education

Title: Counting Steps for Health and Wellness, Role: PI. $3,000

2010-2011

Research Mini-Grant, Nebraska Academy of Sciences

Title: Explorations in STEM: An Educational Science Literacy Program, Role: Co-PI. $300

2010-2011

Higher-Education Mini-Grant, NASA Nebraska Space Grant Program

Title: Explorations in STEM: An Educational Science Literacy Program, Role: Co-PI. $2998

2010

Student Research Grant, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity, UNO
Title: The Effect of Masai Barefoot Technology on Joint Kinematics and Kinetics, Role: PI. $500

2009-2011

Research Mini-Grant, Nebraska Academy of Sciences

Title: The Effect of Masai Barefoot Technology on Joint Kinematics and Kinetics, Role: Co-PI. $1000

2009-2011

Golden Key Research Grant, Golden Key International Honor Society

Title: The Effect of Masai Barefoot Technology on Joint Kinematics and Kinetics, Role: Co-PI. $1000

2009

Honors Thesis Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO, $500

RESEARCH AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2016

Podium Presentation 1st Place, 6th Annual UM GSC Research Day Symposium
Title: Animal Dissections Foster Positive Attitudes Toward STEM

2013

Student Travel Scholarship, Society of Vascular Surgery, $450

Title: Travel to 2013 Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting

2011

Love of Learning Award, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, $500

2011

Student Travel Scholarship, Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, $350
Title: Travel to 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting

2011

Excellence Fund Travel Grant, College of Education, UNO

Title: Travel to 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting, $250

2011

Student Travel Scholarship, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, UNO

Title: Travel to 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting, $500

2011

Student Travel Grant, NASA Nebraska Space Grant Program

Title: Travel to 2011 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, $475

2011

Student Research Travel Grant, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity, UNO
Title: Travel to 2011 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, $225

2011

Excellence Fund Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO

Title: Travel to 2011 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, $185

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2010
Dr. Barbara Hayhome Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship, Department of Biology, UNO
Highest honor bestowed by Department recognizes outstanding scientific contributions by students to the
university and local community.
2010

Excellence Fund Travel Grant, College of Education, UNO

Title: Travel to National Collegiate Honors Council 45th Annual Conference, $400

2010

Excellence Fund Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO

Title: Travel to 34th Annual Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Meeting, $264

2010

Student Travel Grant, NASA Nebraska Space Grant Program

Title: Travel to 15th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting, $1000

2010

Student Research Travel Grant, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity, UNO
Title: Travel to 15th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting, $364

2010

Student Research Travel Grant, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity, UNO
Title: Travel to 2010 Great Plains Honors Council Annual Conference, $431

2010

Excellence Fund Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO

Title: Travel to 2010 Great Plains Honors Council Annual Conference, $400

2010

Student Travel Grant, University Honors Program, UNO

Title: Travel to 2010 Great Plains Honors Council Annual Conference, $337

2010

Undergraduate Podium Presentation 1st Place, 2nd Annual UNO Student Research Fair
Title: Gait Impairment in PAD Patients is Independent of Level of Disease, $200

2010

Dennis Boe Award, Great Plains Honors Council

Title: Basic Temporal and Spatial Gait Parameters in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease, $200

2009

Undergraduate Research Poster 2nd Place, Nebraska Physiological Society 12th Annual Meeting
Title: Basic Biomechanical Parameters in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease, $100

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

2014

Fulbright Alumni Volunteer, 2014 Atlanta Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, Atlanta, GA

2013

Session Technician, Thematic: Knee Osteoarthritis

37th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting, Omaha, NE

2012

Guest Speaker, Ioan Ekzarh English Language School, Varna, Bulgaria

2010-2011

Co-Founder/Director, Explorations in STEM Program, St. Wenceslaus Catholic School, Omaha, NE

2010

Session Moderator, Rhythms and Currents

National Collegiate Honors Council 45th Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO

PUBLICATIONS
DISSERTATIONS
2011

Honors Program B.S. Thesis. Functional Loss in Peripheral Arterial Disease is Not Improved Post
Revascularization Based on Spatio-Temporal Gait Parameters. University of Nebraska-Omaha. Omaha, NE.
Mentors: Jason Johanning, MD, and Nicholas Stergiou, PhD.

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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

1. Myers SA, Huben NB, Yentes JM, McCamley JD, Lyden ER, Pipinos II, Johanning JM. Spatio-temporal Changes Post
Treatment in Peripheral Arterial Disease. Rehabilitation Research and Practice. 2015. Article ID 124023,
doi:10.1155/2015/124023
2. Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Stergiou N. Variability of Gait is Dependent on Direction of Progression: Implications for
Active Control. Journal of Biomechanics. 2012. 45(4):653-9.
3. Wurdeman SR, Yentes JM, Huben NB, Stergiou N. An Unstable Shoe with a Rocker Bottom Redistributes External Work.
Footwear Science. 2012. 4(2):153-8.

PEER-REVIEWED ABSTRACTS
1. Katsavelis D, Huben NB, Threlkeld AJ. Knee Extension Co-Activation Index Reliability and Variability During Isometric
Contractions Depends of the Combination of Muscle Segments Analyzed. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of
Biomechanics. Boston, MA. 2014.
2. Threlkeld AJ, Katsavelis D, Faulkner MA, Huben NB. The Effect of Walking Speed and Dopaminergic Medication on
Knee Muscle Performance in People with Parkinsons Disease-Related Fatigue. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of
Biomechanics. Boston, MA. 2014.
3. Johanning JM, Carlson MA, Bailey T, Huben NB, Seevers GA, Bockman T, Goede M, Lynch TG. Implementation and
validation of a bedside frailty index to improve surgical decision-making. Proceedings of the American College of Surgeons
99th Clinical Congress. Washington, DC. 2013.
4. Huben NB, Eikema DJ, Stergiou N, Hatzitaki V. Approximate Entropy Indicates that Visual Surround Oscillation Alters
Sway Pattern Regularity in Elderly Subjects. Proceedings of the 2012 Joint World Congress of the International Society for
Posture and Gait Research and the Gait & Mental Function Conference. Trondheim, Norway. 2012.
5. Chien JH, Huang CK, Huben NB, Siu KC, Stergiou N. Sensory interaction under perturbations during locomotion in
healthy individuals. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2011.
6. Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Stergiou N. Variability of Foot Placement is Dependent on Direction of Motion. Proceedings
of the 35th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2011.
7. Henning HL, Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Stergiou N. External Work is Increased Using Rocker Bottom Shoes.
Proceedings of the 35th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2011.
8. Wurdeman SR, Myers SA, Huben NB, Stergiou N. Direction of gait affects attractor divergence. Proceedings of the 21st
Annual International Conference for the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences. Orange, CA. 2011.
9. Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. The Affected Limb in Unilateral Peripheral
Arterial Disease Patients Influences the Work of the Unaffected Limb. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Gait and Clinical
Movement Analysis Society Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
10. Huben NB, Kaipust JP, Stergiou N. The Effects of Auditory Stimulation on Gait Variability in Healthy Elderly.
Proceedings of the 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
11. Huben NB, Korgan AC, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. Differences in Gait Improvements Following
Surgery in Slow and Fast PAD Patients. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
12. Huben NB, Yentes JM, Myers SA, Pipinos II, Stergiou N, Johanning JM. Spatial and Temporal Gait Parameters Are Not
Improved After Revascularization In Symptomatic PAD Patients. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Midwestern Vascular
Surgical Society Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. 2010.

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13. Huben NB, Yentes JM, Koutakis P, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. Gait Impairment in PAD Patients is
Independent of Level of Disease. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting.
Miami, FL. 2010.
PRESENTATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
1. Katsavelis D, Huben NB, Threlkeld AJ. Knee Extension Co-Activation Index Reliability and Variability During Isometric
Contractions Depends of the Combination of Muscle Segments Analyzed. Poster Presentation at the 7th World Congress of
Biomechanics. Boston, MA. 2014.
2. Threlkeld AJ, Katsavelis D, Faulkner MA, Huben NB. The Effect of Walking Speed and Dopaminergic Medication on
Knee Muscle Performance in People with Parkinsons Disease-Related Fatigue. Poster Presentation at the 7th World
Congress of Biomechanics. Boston, MA. 2014.
3. Johanning JM, Carlson MA, Bailey T, Huben NB, Seevers GA, Bockman T, Goede M, Lynch TG. Implementation and
validation of a bedside frailty index to improve surgical decision-making. Oral Presentation at the American College of
Surgeons 99th Clinical Congress. Washington, DC. 2013.
4. Huben NB, Eikema DJ, Stergiou N, Hatzitaki V. Approximate Entropy Indicates that Visual Surround Oscillation Alters
Sway Pattern Regularity in Elderly Subjects. Poster Presentation at the 2012 Joint World Congress of the International
Society for Posture and Gait Research and the Gait & Mental Function Conference. Trondheim, Norway. 2012.
5. Chien JH, Huang CK, Huben NB, Siu KC, Stergiou N. Sensory interaction under perturbations during locomotion in
healthy individuals. Poster Presentation at the 41st Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2011.
6. Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Stergiou N. Variability of Foot Placement is Dependent on Direction of Motion. Oral
Presentation at the 35th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2011.
7. Henning HL, Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Stergiou N. External Work is Increased Using Rocker Bottom Shoes. Poster
Presentation at the 35th Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2011.
8. Wurdeman SR, Myers SA, Huben NB, Stergiou N. Direction of gait affects attractor divergence. Poster Presentation at the
21st Annual International Conference for the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences. Orange, CA.
2011.
9. Wurdeman SR, Huben NB, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. The Affected Limb in Unilateral Peripheral
Arterial Disease Patients Influences the Work of the Unaffected Limb. Oral Presentation at the 16th Annual Gait and
Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
10. Huben NB, Kaipust JP, Stergiou N. The Effects of Auditory Stimulation on Gait Variability in Healthy Elderly. Poster
Presentation at the 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
11. Huben NB, Korgan AC, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. Differences in Gait Improvements Following
Surgery in Slow and Fast PAD Patients. Poster Presentation at the 16th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis
Society Meeting. Bethesda, MD. 2011.
12. Huben NB, Yentes JM, Myers SA, Pipinos II, Stergiou N, Johanning JM. Spatial and Temporal Gait Parameters Are Not
Improved After Revascularization In Symptomatic PAD Patients. Oral Presentation at the 34th Annual Midwestern
Vascular Surgical Society Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. 2010.
13. Huben NB, Yentes JM, Koutakis P, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. Gait Impairment in PAD Patients is
Independent of Level of Disease. Poster Presentation at the 15th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
Meeting. Miami, FL. 2010.

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ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

1. Huben NB, Barnard M. Animal Dissections Foster Positive Attitudes Toward STEM. Oral Presentation at the University
of Mississippis 6th Annual GSC Research Symposium. University, MS. April 2016.
2. Huben NB. 3D Motion Analysis and Pathological Gait. Oral Presentation to Masters Exercise Science Course at the
Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece.
February 2012.
3. Huben NB, Stergiou N, Johanning JM. The Walking Impairment Questionnaire Inaccurately Describes PostRevascularization Functional Outcomes in Peripheral Vascular Disease Patients. Oral Presentation at the 3rd International
Conference of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece. December 2011.
4. Huben NB, Myers SA, Pipinos II, Johanning JM, Stergiou N. Functional Loss in Peripheral Arterial Disease is Not
Improved Post Revascularization Based on Spatio-Temporal Gait Parameters. Oral Presentation at the Spring 2011
University of Nebraska-Omaha Senior Honors Thesis Symposium. Omaha, NE. April 2011.
5. Huben NB, Stergiou N. Undergraduate Research at the Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility. Invited Guest Speaker to the
University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Omaha, NE. February 2011.
6. Huben NB, Yentes JM, Koutakis P, Myers SA, Johanning JM, Pipinos II, Stergiou N. Gait Impairment in PAD Patients is
Independent of Level of Disease. Oral Presentation at the 2nd Annual University of Nebraska-Omaha Student Research and
Creative Activity Fair. Omaha, NE. April 2010.
7. Huben NB, Stergiou N, Johanning JM. A Review of Basic Temporal and Spatial Gait Parameters in Patients with
Peripheral Arterial Disease. Oral Presentation at the 2010 Great Plains Honors Council Annual Conference. Tulsa, OK.
March 2010.
8. Huben NB, Myers SA, Stergiou N, Pipinos II, Johanning JM. Basic Biomechanical Parameters in Patients with Peripheral
Arterial Disease: A Critical Review of the Literature. Poster Presentation at the 12th Annual Nebraska Physiological
Society Meeting. Omaha, NE. September 2009.

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