He has been at UofL since 1995. As a member of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Magnuson runs the Laboratory of Locomotor Systems and Rehabilitation. He also directs KSCIRC's electrophysiology and behavioral assessment core and its surgery and animal care core. Magnuson has published extensively and collaborates with UofL faculty within KSCIRC and in the departments of surgery, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering, as well as externally. Since his arrival at UofL, Magnuson's research continuously has been funded by the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust through both of KSCIRC's COBRE grants; he recently was awarded an NIH grant. Before coming to UofL, Magnuson was an assistant professor of physiology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.