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Neurobiology Faculty

Mark Alkema, Ph.D.

Professor


C. elegans behavioral genetics

 

 

Gabriella Boulting, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Activity-dependent gene expression in the primate brain

 

 

 

Alexandra Byrne, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor


Mechanisms of axon regeneration and degeneration in the aging nervous system

 

 

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


Role of Glia in Sleep Regulation

 

Patrick Emery

Patrick Emery, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, Professor


Circadian rhythms and photoreception in Drosophila

 

Michael Francis

Michael Francis, Ph.D. (Francis Lab) 

Professor


Activity-dependent regulation of circuit connectivity and behavior

 

 

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Kensuke Futai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


The roles of Inhibitory neurons in neuropsychiatric diseases

   

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


Drugs of abuse and memory

 

 

  

Haley Melikian, Ph.D.

Professor


Monoamine Transporters, Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Addiction

Shankar Ramachandran, Ph.D.
(Francis Lab)

Instructor


Neuropeptide regulation of circuit function and behavior



 

 

Dorothy Schafer

Dorothy Schafer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


Neuron-Glia interactions regulating synaptic circuit development and plasticity

 

 

Andrew Tapper

Andrew Tapper, Ph.D.

Professor


Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction and neurological disease

 

 

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Travis Thomson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Viral-like mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity

David Weaver

David Weaver, Ph.D.

Professor


Molecular physiology of circadian rhythms

 

Danny G. Winder, Ph.D.

Chair, Professor


 

 

Yang Xiang

Yang Xiang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


Mechanism of sensory processing and behavior

 

 

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Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Neural activity and behavioral changes during development

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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, M.D.                
Distinguished Professor Emeritus 


Molecular neuroethology

 

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Neurobiology

Eustathia Lela Giannaris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology


 

 

Ryan Logan, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry


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

 

 

Stephanie Puig, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry


 

 

Claudio Punzo, Ph.D.

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


 

 

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


Interplay of sensory systems and internal state; taste

 

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

Benard

Claire Bénard, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences, 
University of Quebec in Montreal


Molecular mechanisms of nervous system maintenance and protection
 

 

Michele L. Lemons, Ph.D.

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


   

Susanna Molas Ph.D.

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


 

 

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