Faculty

Name Sort descending Department Research areas
Matthew A. Howard, MD Neurosurgery
Rainbo C. Hultman, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Brain disorders, Migraine, Major depressive disorder (MDD), Brain electrical networks
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
Jing Jiang, Ph.D. Pediatrics, Psychiatry Social and Affective Neuroscience
Jiefeng Jiang, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Memory loss, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Striatum, Learning, Memory, Cognitive control, Neuroimaging, Neural networks modeling
Wayne A. Johnson, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Epilepsy/Seizures, Neurodegenerative disorders, Developmental neuroscience, Pain, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models
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
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
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
Sukhbinder Kumar, PhD Neurosurgery Misophonia, Auditory cortex, Auditory working memory, Hearing loss, Emotion, Emotions processing, Interoception, Electrocorticography
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
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
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
Vince Magnotta, PhD Radiology Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Imaging, Neurodegenerative disorders, Psychiatric disorders, Neuroimaging
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
Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Thalamus, Striatum, Brainstem, Sleep, Memory, Fear learning, Pain, Limbic System, Stress, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, In vitro electrophysiology, Anatomical tracing
Bob McMurray 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
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
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
Isabel Muzzio, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Behavioral neuroscience, Brain Imaging, EEG/ERP, Emotion, Learning and Memory, Neural Plasticity, Sleep, Neurodegenerative disease
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
Elizabeth Newell, MD Pediatrics Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Neurologic dysfunction, Neurodegenerative disease, Neuroinflammation
Mark J. Niciu, MD, PhD Psychiatry Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Stress, Neuroimaging, Stem cells, Cell culturing, Pharmaco-MRI
Peg C. Nopoulos, MD Psychiatry Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Neurodegenerative disorders, Neuromuscular disorders, Cerebellum, Striatum, Developmental neuroscience, Neurogenetics, Neuroimaging
Kirill Nourski, MD, PhD Neurosurgery Epilepsy/Seizures, Hearing loss, Disorders of consciousness, Auditory cortex, Sleep, Auditory neuroscience, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology
Krystal L. Parker, PhD Psychiatry Systems neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Learning, Memory, Timing, Motor, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD Microbiology & Immunology Neuroimmunology/Neurovirology, Gene regulation, Immune response, Encephalitis, Spinal cord, Anosmia, Transgenic models, Molecular biology, Cell culturing, Flow cytometry
Christopher Petkov, Ph.D. Neurosurgery Translational systems neuroscience, from primates to human patients, Cognitive neuroscience: learning, memory, scene analysis and language precursors, Neuronal mechanisms, circuits and computational modelling, Audio-visual sensory integration for concept formation, Brain predictive coding, fronto-temporal interactions and intolerance to uncertainty, Primate neuroscience of direct relevance for neurology and neurosurgery patient work
Robert Philibert, MD, PhD Psychiatry Genetics, Epigenetics, Schizophrenia, Developmental neuroscience, Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Molecular gene-environment (GxE), MED12, Transcriptional profiling techniques in behavioral health, Congenital heart disease (CHD)
Jason J. Radley, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Memory loss, Psychiatric disorders, Addiction, Cardiovascular disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Striatum, Brainstem, Learning, Memory, Fear learning, Stress, Limbic System, Animal behavior, Anatomical tracing, Ontogenetics, Chemogentics, Endocrinology
Kamal Rahmouni, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Receptors, Hormones, Structural and trafficking proteins, Cardiovascular disorders, Obesity, Brainstem, Hypothalamus, Appetite, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Molecular biology, Anatomical tracing
Jon Resch, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Gene regulation, Hormones, Cardiovascular disorders, Obesity, Diabetes, Brainstem, Hypothalamus, Appetite, Stress, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Anatomical tracing, Single-cell RNA sequencing
George B. Richerson, MD, PhD Neurology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Ion channels, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Epilepsy/Seizures, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Brainstem, Sleep, Developmental neuroscience, Motor, Cardiorespiratory control, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, In vitro electrophysiology, Cell culturing, Anatomical tracing
Andrew F. Russo, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Brain trauma, Migraine, Cerebellum, Thalamus, Peripheral Nervous System, Sleep, Pain, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Rodent models
Rasna Sabharwal, PhD Internal Medicine Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Gene regulation, Hormones, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Psychiatric disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Brainstem, Peripheral Nervous System, Fear learning, Memory, Fear learning, Stress, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Integrative physiology
Val Sheffield, MD, PhD Pediatrics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Receptors, Gene regulation, Structural and trafficking proteins, Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Glaucoma, Cardiovascular disorders, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Eye, Vision neuroscience, Appetite, Fear learning, Redox, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Susan Shen, MD, PhD Psychiatry Neuroscience, Genomics, Environmental Health, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Neurodegenerative disorders, Mood Disorders, Oxidative stress, Cellular dysfunction
Justin S. Sipla, PhD Anatomy & Cell Biology, Neurology Vestibular neuroscience, Neuroimaging
Kathleen A. Sluka, PT, PhD Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Ion channels, Receptors, Neurotransmitters, Pain, Peripheral Nervous System, Brainstem, Spinal cord, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Long-Sheng Song, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Heart failure, Cardiac arrhythmias, Electrophysiology, Heart failure development and progression, E-C coupling structure protein junctophilin-2
Levi Sowers, PhD Pediatrics, Neurology Neurocircuitry, Migraine, Post-traumatic headache, Sensory abnormalities, Sensory abnormalities associated with migraine and post-traumatic headache, MRI, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Pain, Sex bias, Photophobia
Janice Staber, MD Pediatrics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Hormones, Neuroinflammation, Psychiatric disorders, Bleeding disorders, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, Neuroimaging, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD Psychiatry Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Growth factors, Cytokines, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Striatum, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Limbic System, Stress, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology
Adele Stewart, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Underlying risk factors for mental illness, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Sex bias, Neurophysiology
Christopher Stipp, PhD Biology Cell and developmental biology, Neurobiology
Stefan Strack, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Ion channels, Receptors, Structural and trafficking proteins, Respiratory enzymes, Signaling enzymes, Brain trauma, Neurodegenerative disorders, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Peripheral neuropathies, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, Peripheral Nervous System, Learning, Memory, Pain, Neuroimaging, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD Pediatrics Behavioral neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Addiction, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Amygdala, Striatum, Developmental neuroscience, Stress, Limbic System, Neuroimaging, Epigenetics
Daniel Summers, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Structural and trafficking proteins, Neurodegenerative disorders
Eric B. Taylor, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Molecular genetics, Metabolomics, Diabetes, Mitochondrial dysfunction
Peter Thorne, PhD Occupational & Environmental Health Neurotoxicology, Neurodegenerative disorders, Neuromuscular disorders, Learning memory, Developmental neuroscience, Animal behavior, Molecular biology