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Neurobiology Faculty

	Mark Alkema, Ph.D. Professor Lab Staff C. elegans behavioral genetics

	Gabriella Boulting, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Lab Staff Activity-dependent gene expression in the primate brain

	Alexandra Byrne, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Lab Staff Mechanisms of axon regeneration and degeneration in the aging nervous system

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

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

	Marie Doyle, Ph.D. Instructor (Winder Lab) __________________________________________________ Neural correlates of individual differences in alcohol use disorder


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

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

	Kensuke Futai, Ph.D. Associate Professor Lab Staff The roles of Inhibitory neurons in neuropsychiatric diseases

	Gilles Martin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Lab Staff Drugs of abuse and memory

	Haley Melikian, Ph.D. Professor Psychostimulant addiction and motivated behaviors

	Dorothy Schafer, Ph.D. Professor Lab Staff Neuron-Glia interactions regulating synaptic circuit development and plasticity

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

	Travis Thomson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Lab Staff Viral-like mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity

	David Weaver, Ph.D. Professor Molecular physiology of circadian rhythms

	Danny G. Winder, Ph.D. Chair, Professor Lab Staff ______________________________________________________ Stress and reward brain circuits in addiction


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

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

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

Emeritus Faculty
	Vivian Budnik, Ph.D. Professor Molecular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity

	Steven Reppert, M.D. Professor Molecular neuroethology

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Neurobiology
	Eustathia Lela Giannaris, Ph.D. 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 _____________________________________________________ Mechanisms underlying opioid side-effects. Identification of new targets and strategies to make opioids safer

	Claudio Punzo, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Opthamology and Visual Sciences and Horae Gene Therapy Center ___________________________________________________ Molecular mechanisms underlying photoreceptor degenative deseases

	Summer Thyme, PhD Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology _______________________________________________________ "Zebrafish/mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders; Down syndrome, autism, and schizophrenia; neuroactive drug discovery"

	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, Assumption University

	Susanna Molas Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder

	Cristina Velázquez-Marrero, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Neurobiology Faculty

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Assistant Professor

Instructor

(Emery Lab)

Marie Doyle, Ph.D.

Instructor

(Winder Lab)

Vice Chair, Professor Lab Staff

Professor Lab Staff

Associate Professor Lab Staff

Professor

Professor Lab Staff

Professor Lab Staff

Assistant Professor Lab Staff

Professor

Chair, Professor Lab Staff

Stress and reward brain circuits in addiction

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor Lab Staff

Assistant Professor

(Tapper Lab)

Emeritus Faculty

Professor

Steven Reppert, M.D. Professor

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Neurobiology

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

Molecular mechanisms of nervous system maintenance and protection

Professor of Biology,

Assumption University

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

Cristina Velázquez-Marrero, Ph.D.Associate Professor,

University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Steven Reppert, M.D.
Professor

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,