Mission
Carolina Instruments is dedicated to pioneering innovative devices for neuroscience researchers and clinicians.
Through a commitment to excellence and passion for advancing scientific understanding, we strive to ensure that every device we craft catalyzes groundbreaking applications.
Team
Our team at Carolina Instruments, which originated from collaborative efforts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is comprised of dedicated engineers and neuroscience researchers.
Ellora McTaggart
CO-FOUNDER
Ellora is a biomedical engineer with a focus on device development and commercialization. She worked as the laboratory manager across the Pegard and Rodriguez-Romaguera labs and led device development for their research group before launching Carolina Instruments.
Nicolas Pegard
CO-FOUNDER
Nicolas specializes in optical engineering and is a Principal Investigator at UNC Chapel Hill. He leads projects to engineer custom hardware, develop advanced imaging platforms, and build data analysis pipelines to push the limits of how we monitor and manipulate the brain.
Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera
CO-FOUNDER
Jose is a neuroscientist who is focused on understanding the brain circuits that underlie emotional and behavioral processes. As a Principal Investigator at UNC Chapel Hill, he leads projects across mice and humans to create innovative approaches for clinical intervention.