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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

	Lina Marcela Carmona, Ph.D. (Carmona Lab) Assistant Professor Molecular Mechanisms of Motor Learning Across Circuits and Time

	Ratna Chaturvedi, Ph.D. (Emery Lab) Instructor Role of Glia in Sleep Regulation

	Patrick Emery, Ph.D. Vice Chair, Professor Lab Staff Circadian rhythms and photoreception in Drosophila

	Michael Francis, Ph.D. (Francis Lab) Professor Activity-dependent regulation of circuit connectivity and behavior

	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, 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, Ph.D. Associate Professor Neuron-Glia interactions regulating synaptic circuit development and plasticity

	Andrew Tapper, Ph.D. Professor Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction and neurological disease

	Travis Thomson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Viral-like mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity
	David Weaver, Ph.D. Professor Molecular physiology of circadian rhythms

	Danny G. Winder, Ph.D. Chair, Professor

	Yang Xiang, Ph.D. Associate Professor Mechanism of sensory processing and behavior

	Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Neural activity and behavioral changes during development

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

Emeritus Faculty

	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 Lab Staff

	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
	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

Neurobiology Faculty

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Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

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

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

Vice Chair, Professor Lab Staff

Professor

Associate Professor

Peter M'Angale, Ph.D. (Thomson Lab)

Instructor

Associate Professor

Professor

Shankar Ramachandran, Ph.D. (Francis Lab)

Instructor

Associate Professor

Professor

Assistant Professor

Professor

Chair, Professor

Associate Professor

Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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

Emeritus Faculty

Professor Emeritus

Steven Reppert, M.D. Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Neurobiology

Associate Professor of Radiology

Professor of Psychiatry

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Lab Staff

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

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

Adjunct Faculty

Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal

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

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

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

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

Shankar Ramachandran, Ph.D.
(Francis Lab)

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

Steven Reppert, M.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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

Professor of Biological Sciences,
University of Quebec in Montreal

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