Faculty

Name Department Research areas
Elizabeth Newell, MD Pediatrics Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Neurologic dysfunction, Neurodegenerative disease, Neuroinflammation
Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD Neurology, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Striatum, In vivo electrophysiology, Animal behavior
Isabel Muzzio, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Behavioral neuroscience, Brain Imaging, EEG/ERP, Emotion, Learning and Memory, Neural Plasticity, Sleep, Neurodegenerative disease
David Moser, PhD, ABPP Psychiatry Vascular disease, Assessment of decisional capacity for informed consent in various vulnerable populations, determining what factors, Pathological gambling, Mood and cognitive changes, Cognitive dysfunction, Mental illness, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Neuropsychological and emotional functioning, Schizophrenia, Eating disorders, Huntington disease, Capacity for informed consent in psychiatric and general medical populations, Cardiovascular disease and cognition in the elderly
Steven A. Moore, MD, PhD Pathology Muscular dystrophy, Inherited disorders, Lamin A/C, Congenital myopathy, Autophagic vacuolar myopathy, Dystroglycan Complexes in Neuromuscular Disease, Astrocyte and Schwann cell dystroglycan as a platform for the localization of ion and water channels, Peripheral neuropathology
Bob McMurray, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Hearing loss, Developmental language disorder and Dyslexia, Auditory system, Developmental neuroscience, Auditory neuroscience, Learning, Neuroimaging, Eye-tracking
Anne Martin, PhD Biology Genetics, Cell and developmental biology, Neurobiology
John Manak, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Seizure pathways, Epilepsy/Seizures, Neurodegenerative disorders, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Drosophila CNS, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Motor, Stress, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Vince Magnotta, PhD Radiology Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Imaging, Neurodegenerative disorders, Psychiatric disorders, Neuroimaging
Jia Luo, PhD Pathology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Gene regulation, Neurotrophic factors, Neurodegenerative disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, Learning, Memory, Motor, Stress, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Hans-Joachim Lehmler, PhD Occupational & Environmental Health Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Gene regulation, Hormones, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, Neurotoxicity, Transgenic models, Metabolomics, Environmental toxicology, Chemical toxicology, Analytical toxicology, Developmental neurotoxicity, Gene-environment interactions, Environmental contaminants in the food chain, Environmental contaminants in drinking and surface water
Ryan T. LaLumiere, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Addiction, Frontal cortex, Amygdala, Striatum, Learning, Memory, Fear learning, Limbic System, In vivo electrophysiology, Animal behavior, Optogenetics
Sukhbinder Kumar, PhD Neurosurgery Misophonia, Auditory cortex, Auditory working memory, Hearing loss, Emotion, Emotions processing, Interoception, Electrocorticography
Dorit Kliemann, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Brain trauma, Epilepsy/Seizures, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Amygdala, Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Human Behavior
Toshihiro Kitamoto, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Anesthesia Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Hormones, Epilepsy/Seizures, Memory loss, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Memory, Motor, Stress, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Alan R. Kay, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Ions and water, Brainstem, Epilepsy/Seizures, Alzheimer's Disease, Cardiovascular disorders, Hearing loss, Insect brains, Auditory neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Neural networks modeling, Transgenic models, In vitro electrophysiology
Wayne A. Johnson, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Epilepsy/Seizures, Neurodegenerative disorders, Developmental neuroscience, Pain, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models
Jiefeng Jiang, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Memory loss, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Striatum, Learning, Memory, Cognitive control, Neuroimaging, Neural networks modeling
Jing Jiang, PhD Pediatrics, Neurology Social and Affective Neuroscience
Taylor Jay, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Glia, Neuron-glia interactions, Neuroimmunology, Neurodevelopment, Synapse development, Synaptic plasticity, Aging, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Drosophila models, Mouse models
Kai Hwang, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Striatum, Vision neuroscience, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Motor, Neuroimaging, Neural networks modeling, Behavioral testing
Rainbo C. Hultman, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Brain disorders, Migraine, Major depressive disorder (MDD), Brain electrical networks
Matthew A. Howard, MD Neurosurgery
Karin Hoth, PhD, ABPP Psychiatry Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Cardiovascular disorders, Pulmonary disorders, White matter, Sleep, Auditory neuroscience, Executive functioning, Neuroimaging, Cognitive assessment
Marco M. Hefti, MD Pathology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Structural and trafficking proteins, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Stem cells, Cell culturing, Neuropathology
Eliot Hazeltine, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Cognitive control, Neuroimaging
Lyndsay Harshman, MD Pediatrics Clinical neuroscience, Pediatric kidney disease, Brain development and cognition in pediatric chronic kidney disease, Neuroimaging
Matthew Harper, PhD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Brain trauma, Neurodegenerative disorders, Retina, Vision neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology
N. Charles Harata, MD, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Central nervous system (CNS), Synaptic transmission, Neurotransmitters, Rodent models, Dystonia, Cellular pathophysiology
Banu Gumusoglu, MSc, PhD Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Cell and developmental biology, Complications of pregnancy, Offspring and peripartum brain risk, Placenta-brain axis, Prenatal and peripartum brain programming, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Psychiatric disorders, Peripartum depression
Jeremy Greenlee, MD Neurosurgery Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Epilepsy/Seizures, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Thalamus, Striatum, Auditory neuroscience, Motor, In vivo electrophysiology
Steven H. Green, PhD Biology, Otolaryngology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Receptors, Hearing loss, Peripheral Nervous System, Cochlea, Auditory neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Molecular biology, Cell culturing, Immunofluorescence microscopy
Joseph Glykys, MD, PhD Pediatrics, Neurology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Brain trauma, Epilepsy/Seizures, Brain edema, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Developmental neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vitro electrophysiology, Two-photon imaging
Joel C. Geerling, MD, PhD Neurology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Hormones, Recombinase-conditional, Cell-type-specific gene expression, Brain trauma, Epilepsy/Seizures, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Memory loss, Parkinson's Disease, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Hypertension, Aldosteronism, Stroke, Sodium, Appetite, Hydrocephalus, Normal-pressure hydrocephalus, Urinary urge-incontinence, Coma, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Striatum, Brainstem, Spinal cord, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Memory, Motor, Pain, Limbic System, Stress, Thirst and sodium appetite, Bladder control, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Anatomical tracing
Stephanie Gantz, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Psychiatric disorders, Midbrain, Stress, In vitro electrophysiology
Marie Gaine, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Animal behavior, Epigenetics, Molecular biology, Neurodegenerative disorders, Psychiatric disorders
John Freeman, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Striatum, Learning, Memory, In vivo electrophysiology, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing
C. Andrew Frank, PhD Anatomy & Cell Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Structural and trafficking proteins, Synaptic proteins, Epilepsy/Seizures, Neuromuscular disorders, Migraine, Peripheral Nervous System, Invertebrate model, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Stress, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Immunofluorescence microscopy
Kyle Flippo, PhD Internal Medicine Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Hormones, Addiction, Amygdala, Appetite, Learning, Memory, Fear learning, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing
Carrie Figdor, PhD Philosophy Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Philosophy of neuroscience, Philosophy of psychology
Sarah Ferri, Ph.D. Pediatrics Investigating mechanisms of social deficits and sex bias in neurodevelopmental disorders, Sexual dimorphism, Sex bias, Pathophysiology, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Schizophrenia, Rodent models
Daniel Eberl, PhD Biology, Otolaryngology Insect model, Drosophila, Sensory systems, Auditory system, Auditory neuroscience, Hearing, Genetics, Electrophysiology, Johnston's organ (JO), Auditory molecular mechanisms, Sensory inputs and memories, Sexual dimorphism
Jonathan A. Doorn, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Neurotoxicology, Neurotransmitters, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Striatum, Dopamine metabolism, Mechanistic toxicology
Brian Dlouhy, MD Neurosurgery Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), Animal models, Epilepsy/Seizures, Neural networks modeling, Pathophysiology, Genetics, Chiari disorders and disorders of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ), Brain physiology, Brain development, Chiari malformation, Hydrocephalus, Sensory systems
Natalie Denburg, PhD Neurology Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Memory loss, Executive dysfunction, Sleep, Memory, Stress, Executive, Actigraphy, Behavioral methods
Ece Demir-Lira, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Neuroimaging
Michael Dailey, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Glia, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Developmental neuroscience, Cell culturing, Confocal imaging
Huxing Cui, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Hormones, Neurodegenerative disorders, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Frontal cortex, Striatum, Brainstem, Appetite, Sleep, Fear learning, Stress, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, In vitro electrophysiology, Molecular biology, Anatomical tracing
Jeffrey Cockburn, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Learning and Decision Making, Cognitive control, Reinforcement learning, Exploration / Information seeking, Computational modeling, Brain Imaging, Computational Psychiatry
Inyong Choi, PhD Communication Sciences & Disorders, Otolaryngology Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Brain trauma, Hearing loss, Frontal cortex, Peripheral Nervous System, Auditory neuroscience, Learning, Neuroimaging