Born and raised in New Zealand he received his education from the University of Otago, Christchurch Teachers College in New Zealand. He then received his MS (1976) and PhD (1981) from the University of Washington. Professor Roger Enoka is a professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He previously held positions Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona. Roger's research focusses on the neurophysiology of movement.