Faculty

Name Department Research areas
Ted Abel, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Gene regulation, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Memory loss, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Hippocampus, Striatum, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Fear learning, Limbic System, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, In vitro electrophysiology, Molecular biology
Georgina Aldridge, MD, PhD Neurology Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Brainstem, Learning, Memory, Timing, Neuroimaging, Animal behavior, 2-photon
Zahra Aminzare, PhD Mathematics Systems neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Ion channels, Auditory neuroscience, Neural networks modeling
Michael Anderson, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Brain trauma, Neurodegenerative disorders, Glaucoma, Peripheral Nervous System, Optic Nerve, Vision neuroscience, Developmental neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models, Molecular biology
Steven Anderson, MD, PhD Neurology Cognitive neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Brain trauma, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Memory loss, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Neuropsychology, Frontal lobe dysfunction, Cognitive/behavioral rehabilitation
Deniz Atasoy, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Neural circuits, Eating disorders, Feeding behavior, Metabolism, Obesity, Electrophysiology, Global neuromodulators, Rodent models
Sheila A. Baker, PhD Biochemistry, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurodegenerative disorders, Vision neuroscience, Retina, Molecular biology
Bengi Baran, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Psychiatric disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Thalamus, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Neuroimaging, Sleep electrophysiology
Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD Pediatrics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Ion channels, Receptors, Gene regulation, Brain trauma, Epilepsy/Seizures, Autism and intellectual disabilities
Christopher Benson, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Ion channels, Cardiovascular disorders, Sensory systems, Autonomic Nervous System, Pain, Animal behavior, In vitro electrophysiology, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Joel Berger, PhD Neurosurgery Auditory neuroscience, Tinnitus, Electroencephalography, Neurophysiology, Intracranial
Kim "Avrama" Blackwell, PhD, VMD, MSE Biomedical Engineering Computational neuroscience, Basal Ganglia, Electrophysiology, Signaling pathways, Synaptic plasticity, Neuronal plasticity
Mark S. Blumberg, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Motor disorders, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Brainstem, Sensorimotor Cortex, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Motor, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing
Aaron D. Boes, MD, PhD Pediatrics, Neurology, Psychiatry Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Depression, Epilepsy/Seizures, Brain lesion, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), Brain stimulation, Neuromodulation
Ryan Boudreau, Ph.D. Internal Medicine Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Cardiovascular disorders
Gordon Buchanan, MD, PhD Neurology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Epilepsy/Seizures, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Sleep, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Thalamus, Brainstem, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing, Electroencephalographic (EEG), Electromyographic (EMG), Electrocardiographic (EKG)
Calvin Carter, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Biomedical Engineering, Radiation Oncology Electromagnetic fields, Cellular physiology, Diabetes, Rodent models
Aubrey Chan, MD, PhD Psychiatry Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Ion channels, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Amygdala, Fear learning, Respiration, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior
Mark W. Chapleau, PhD Internal Medicine - Cardiology, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Autonomic neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Hormones, Neuromuscular disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Migraine, Peripheral Nervous System, Pain, Limbic System, Stress, Mechanotransduction, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, In vitro electrophysiology, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Snehajyoti Chatterjee, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Alzheimer's Disease, Animal behavior, Behavioral neuroscience, Cell-type-specific gene expression, Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Epigenetics, Gene regulation, Hippocampus, Learning memory, Memory loss, Metabolism, Molecular biology, Neurodegenerative disorders, Neuropathology, Single-cell RNA sequencing, Spatial transcriptomics
Inyong Choi, PhD Communication Sciences & Disorders, Otolaryngology Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Brain trauma, Hearing loss, Frontal cortex, Peripheral Nervous System, Auditory neuroscience, Learning, Neuroimaging
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
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
Rodica Curtu, PhD Mathematics Computational neuroscience, Frontal cortex, Striatum, Timing, Auditory neuroscience, Computational modeling
Michael Dailey, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Glia, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Developmental neuroscience, Cell culturing, Confocal imaging
Ece Demir-Lira, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Neuroimaging
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
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
Jonathan A. Doorn, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Neurotoxicology, Neurotransmitters, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Striatum, Dopamine metabolism, Mechanistic toxicology
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
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
Carrie Figdor, PhD Philosophy Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Philosophy of neuroscience, Philosophy of psychology
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
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
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
Marie Gaine, Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Animal behavior, Epigenetics, Molecular biology, Neurodegenerative disorders, Psychiatric disorders
Phillip E. Gander, PhD Radiology, Neurology Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Brain trauma, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Neuromuscular disorders, Hearing loss, Auditory neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Motor, Neuroimaging, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Sensory abnormalities, Multiple sclerosis
Stephanie Gantz, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Psychiatric disorders, Midbrain, Stress, In vitro electrophysiology
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
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
Jean K. Gordon, PhD Communication Sciences & Disorders Cognitive neuroscience, Psycholinguistics, Aphasiology, Neurodegenerative disorders, Aphasia, Language, Behavioral methods
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
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
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
N. Charles Harata, MD, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Matthew Harper, PhD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Brain trauma, Neurodegenerative disorders, Retina, Vision neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology
Lyndsay Harshman, MD Pediatrics Clinical neuroscience, Pediatric kidney disease, Brain development and cognition in pediatric chronic kidney disease, Neuroimaging
Eliot Hazeltine, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Cognitive control, Neuroimaging
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
Karin Hoth, PhD, ABPP Psychiatry Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Cardiovascular disorders, Pulmonary disorders, White matter, Sleep, Auditory neuroscience, Executive functioning, Neuroimaging, Cognitive assessment