Nipun Chopra

• Post-Doctoral Training (2017–2019), Indiana University School of Medicine
• Ph.D. in Medical Neuroscience (2017), Indiana University School of Medicine
• M.S. in Life Sciences (2009), Indiana State University
• B.A. in Biology (2006), DePauw University

• NEUR 300/301 – Neuroscience and Behavior
• NEUR 349 – Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• NEUR 480 – Neuroscience Capstone
• PSY 215 – Experimental Methods
• PSY 493 – Psychology Senior Thesis
• BIO 101 – Cells, Molecules, and Genes
• BIO 235 – Organismal Biology
• BIO 241 – Intermediate Cellular Biology
• BIO 335 – Animal Physiology

Below is a list of Dr. Nipun Chopra’s research publications from the last five years.

• Muccio P, Salama R, Chopra N, Scheuller J, Durrant D, Dabrowski E.
  Longitudinal Retrospective Study of Wearable Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Shows Significant Improvement of Arm Usage in Hemiplegic Patients.
  *Journal of Neurorehabilitation and Engineering* (2024).
• Deju B, Afzal H, Basnyat S, Dali A, Scott KEJ, Delancey R, Chopra N.
  Accelerometer-Based Head Impact Detection – Where Are We?
  *Health Sciences Review* (2023).
• Wang R, Chopra N, Nho K, Maloney B, Obukhov AG, Counts SE, Nelson PT, Lahiri DK.
  A Human MicroRNA (miR-20b-5p) Modulates Alzheimer’s Disease Pathways and Neuronal Function, and a Specific Polymorphism Close to the MIR20B Gene Influences Alzheimer’s Biomarkers.
  *Molecular Psychiatry* (2021).
• Perez FP, Chopra N, Morisaki JJ, Maloney B, Lahiri DK.
  Repeated Electromagnetic Field Stimulation Lowers Amyloid-Beta Peptide Levels in Primary Human Neuron-Rich Brain Tissue Cultures.
  *Scientific Reports* (2021).
• Chopra N, Wang R, Maloney B, Nho K, Beck J, Pourshafie N, Niculescu A, Saykin A, Rinaldi C, Lahiri DK.
  MicroRNA-298 Reduces Levels of Human Amyloid-β Precursor Protein (APP), β-Site APP-Converting Enzyme 1 (BACE1) and a Specific Tau Protein Moiety.
  *Molecular Psychiatry* (2020).
• Maloney BA, Balaraman Y, Liu Y, Chopra N, Edenberg HJ, Kelsoe J, Nurnberger JI, Lahiri DK.
  Lithium Alters Gene Expression of RNAs in a Type-Specific Manner in Differentiated Human Neuroblastoma Cultures, Including Specific Genes Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease.
  *Scientific Reports* (2019).

• Assistant Professor of Biology (2019–2023), DePauw University
• Founder and Principal, Chopra Scientific Consultancy, LLC (2022–present)
• Chief Scientific Officer (fractional), Movement Interactive, Inc. (2021–present)
• Chief Operating Officer (fractional), Dex Tech Inc. (2023–present)

• NIH Startup Challenge (Selected, 2025)
• a2 Pilot (Finalist, decision TBD)
• Inclusive Pedagogy Award (Co-awardee, 2020)
• Faculty-Student Research Fellowships (2020–2025)
• Science Research Fellows Faculty-Student Fellowship (2020–2022)
• Tenzer Technology Center Grant for Course Development (2020)
• Lilly Endowment Phase II Award (2023)

• Academic Liaison, Great Lakes Colleges Association (2023–present)
• Voting Member, Course and Calendar Committee (2023–present)
• Member, Resource Allocation Committee
• Reviewer, National Science Foundation – Small Business Innovation Research grants (2021–present)
• Vice President, National Association of Soccer Reporters (2020–2021)

• Selected Faculty Speaker, DePauw University Opening Convocation (2023)
• Invited Speaker, topics ranging from brain injury to healthy aging, including:
• “The traumatic brain injury problem,” Wabash College (2023)
• “The healthy brain,” Conference on healing aging communities (2022)
• “Traumatic Brain Injuries – the big and the small,” Alumni Reunion Weekend (2022)
• “COVID-19 in IN: A Failure of Hard- and Soft-Policy,” Central Indiana Science Outreach (2021)