Cooper is an American bioengineer who currently serves as FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor, Past Chair, in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and professor of Bioengineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.
He is also Associate Dean for Inclusion in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
He holds an Adjunct Faculty position at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, and is an Invited Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.He is the founder and director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories.