BSc, University of Birmingham
PhD, University of Birmingham

Dr Galea completed his PhD on bimanual coordination in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham with Professor Chris Miall. He subsequently worked at Johns Hopkins University as a research fellow where he investigated the neural correlates of motor learning with Dr Pablo Celnik. Following this, he moved to University College London as a senior research fellow with Professor John Rothwell and became interested in the motor deficits of Parkinson’s disease patients. Dr Galea took up an independent research fellow post at the University of Birmingham, funded by the ‘Birmingham Fellows’ scheme, before becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2016.

Potential postgraduate students should email me to discuss funding opportunities.

Research interests

Motor learning, Motor control, Brain stimulation, Brain imaging, Stroke rehabilitation, Genetics.  

Dr Galea won the prestigious Klein-Vogelbach prize for the research of human movement (2012).