Chuck

Alan D. Dorval

My real name is Alan Dale Dorval II, but everyone calls me Chuck. I was born and raised in Maine. As a kid I was most interested in math and science, which eventually lead me to engineering. Near the end of my sophomore year in college (1994) I was introduced to Biomedical Engineering and its subdiscipline, Neuroengineering.

Since then, I've spent my professional life engineering approaches to understanding and interfacing with the brain, aiming to improve everyday experiences for people whose neurological conditions may be keeping them from living their best life. I presently run the Utah Neural Modulation & Information Lab; teach a variety of courses in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Neuroengineering; and keep myself busy with various other tasks in the Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah.