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Neurobiology Faculty


Mark Alkema, Ph.D.

Mark Alkema, Ph.D.

Professor                            Lab Staff


C. elegans behavioral genetics

 

 

Gabriella Boulting

Gabriella Boulting, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Activity-dependent gene expression in the primate brain

 

 Alexandra Byrne

Alexandra Byrne, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor


Mechanisms of axon regeneration and degeneration in the aging nervous system

 

Molecular Mechanisms of Motor Learning Across Circuits and Time

Lina Marcela Carmona, Ph.D. (Carmona Lab)
Assistant Professor


Molecular Mechanisms of Motor Learning Across Circuits and Time

 
Ratna Chaturvedi, Ph.D.

Ratna Chaturvedi, Ph.D. (Emery Lab)
Instructor


Role of Glia in Sleep Regulation

 

Patrick Emery, Ph.D.

Patrick Emery, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, Professor           Lab Staff


Circadian rhythms and photoreception in Drosophila

 

Michael Francis, Ph.D.

Michael Francis, Ph.D. (Francis Lab) 

Professor                            Lab Staff


Activity-dependent regulation of circuit connectivity and behavior

 

 

 Kenny Futai

Kensuke Futai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor          Lab Staff


The roles of Inhibitory neurons in neuropsychiatric diseases

Peter M'Angale, Ph.D. 

Peter M'Angale, Ph.D.  (Thomson Lab)

Instructor


Understanding retrotransposons as friends or foe in synaptic plasticity, the nervous system, and beyond!

 

Gilles Martin

 

Gilles Martin, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor                   Lab Staff


Drugs of abuse and memory

 

 

  Haley Melikian

Haley Melikian, Ph.D.

Professor                             Lab Staff


Monoamine Transporters, Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Addiction

Shankar Ramachandran, Ph.D.

Shankar Ramachandran, Ph.D.
(Francis Lab)

Instructor


Neuropeptide regulation of circuit function and behavior



 

 


Dorothy Schafer

Dorothy Schafer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor          Lab Staff


Neuron-Glia interactions regulating synaptic circuit development and plasticity

 

 

Andrew Tapper

Andrew Tapper, Ph.D.

Professor                             Lab Staff      


Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction and neurological disease

 

 

Travis Thomson, Ph.D.

Travis Thomson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor            Lab Staff

Viral-like mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity

David Weaver, Ph.D.

David Weaver, Ph.D.

Professor


Molecular physiology of circadian rhythms

 

Danny G. Winder

Danny G. Winder, Ph.D.

Chair, Professor                   Lab Staff


 

 

Yang Xiang

Yang Xiang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


Mechanism of sensory processing and behavior

 

 

Eviatar Yemini

Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Neural activity and behavioral changes during development

Rubing Zhao-Shea, M.D.

Rubing Zhao-Shea, M.D. (Tapper Lab)
Instructor


     
       

 

Emeritus Faculty

Vivian Budnik

Vivian Budnik, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus


Molecular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity

 

 

Steven Reppert

Steven Reppert, M.D.                
Distinguished Professor Emeritus 


Molecular neuroethology

 

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Neurobiology

Eustathia Lela Giannaris

Eustathia Lela Giannaris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology


   
Ryan Logan

Ryan Logan, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry


Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the relationships between sleep, circadian rhythms, and psychiatric disorders

   
Stephanie Puig

Stephanie Puig, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry        Lab Staff


   
Claudio Punzo

Claudio Punzo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Opthamology and Visual Sciences and Horae Gene Therapy Center


   
Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine


Interplay of sensory systems and internal state; taste

   

Adjunct Faculty

 

Claire Benard

Claire Bénard, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences, 
University of Quebec in Montreal


Molecular mechanisms of nervous system maintenance and protection
 

 

Michele Lemons

Michele L. Lemons, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Neuroscience, Assumption University


   
Susanna Molas

Susanna Molas Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder


   
Cristina Velázquez-Marrero

Cristina Velázquez-Marrero, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Academic Affairs and Institute of Neurobiology, University pf Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus