Neuroscience Faculty
Ege T. Kavalali, Ph.D.
Program Chair
Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms underlying synaptic computation in the CNS
Ilya B. Bezprozvanny, Ph.D.
Professor
Bezprozvanny Lab
Research Interests: Calcium channels and calcium signaling in the nervous system; deranged calcium signaling and neurodegeneration in Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease
James A. Bibb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bibb Lab
Research Interests: Signal transduction in the nervous system, with emphasis on the biochemistry and neuropharmacology of protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation
Stephen Cannon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Cannon Lab
Research Interests: How ion channels regulate electrical excitability of cells and of how defects in these channels lead to human disease
Amelia Eisch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Function of adult neurogenesis in the brain
Jeffrey Elliott, M.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular basis for function of the ALS disease gene SOD1
Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Functional neuroanatomy of the mammalian hypothalamus
Mark Goldberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Axon injury, brain repair, and neurotherapeutics stroke
Matthew S. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of inherited forms of Parkinson’s disease using transgenic and knockout mice. Areas of particular interest include oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction
Carla Green, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms and how they control metabolism
Robert W. Greene, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Circuit dysfunction in psychiatric disorders; Role of adenosine in function of sleep
Mark Henkemeyer, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular biology of axon guidance
Ryan Hibbs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Ion channel structure and function; Membrane protein structural biology; Electrophysiology
Robin Hiesinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Neurogenetics; brain wiring/synaptic specification; synapse function/neurotransmitter release membrane fusion; computational approaches to 4D visualization and simulation
Donald W. Hilgeman, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Function and regulation of membrane transporters; electrophysiology; biophysics of ion pumps and channels
Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Stem cell biology; neurogenesis and gliogenesis in CNS; chromatin remodeling; neurological diseases
Kimberly M. Huber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms of synapse development, plasticity and circuit function and alterations of these processes in mouse models of mental retardation and autism
Jane E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular control of neuronal diversity and balancing progenitor cell maintenance with neuronal differentiation in the vertebrate central nervous system implications for tumor progression in neural and neuroendocrine cancers
Tae-Kyung Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Gene expression program in cognitive behavior and disease
Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Neurodevelopmental signaling pathways involved in cognition and neuropsychiatric disorders; comparative gene expression for insight into human brain evolution
Helmut J. Krämer, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Genetic dissection of endocytic trafficking in Drosophila
Weichun Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Developmental neurobiology
Qing Richard Lu , Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of neural differentiation and gliogenesis
Julian Meeks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms of sensory processing in mammalian olfaction; mechanisms of information transformation in neural circuits; reciprocal synapses; interneuron functional diversity; neural control of innate social/reproductive behaviors
Lisa Monteggia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Elucidating antidepressant efficacy; functional molecular and behavioral approach to autism spectrum disorders; cellular basis of psychiatric disorders
Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: The role of proto-oncogenes in vertebrate development; TRK receptors and neurotropins
Juan Pascual, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Animal and cellular models of neurogenetic disorders; synaptic transmission in experimental epilepsies; disorders of brain energy metabolism; developmental neurobiology; genotype:phenotype correlations in novel childhood encephalopathies; clinical pediatric neurology
Craig Powell, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cognition with an emphasis on learning and memory
José Rizo-Rey (Josep Rizo), Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Biophysical studies of the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and intracellular membrane fusion
Todd Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cellular and circuit mechanisms for vocal imitation, learning from vocal models and using auditory feedback to learn from vocal practice
Adrian Rothenfluh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Drug-induced behaviors in Drosophila to learn more about the genes, signaling pathways, and brain circuits mediating these behaviors, with the goal of gaining insights into vertebrate addiction
David W. Self, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Neurobiology of motivational systems and drug addiction
Dean P. Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular biology of sensory transduction in Drosophila
Ann Stowe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Stroke; Neuroinflammation; endogenous mechanisms of CNS protection; clinical role of the immune system and growth factors in functional recovery after stroke
Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Mammalian Circadian Clock System
Carol Tamminga, M.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Schizophrenia; postmortem brain; human brain imaging; human translational neuroscience
Jonathan Terman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Axon growth and guidance; neuronal connectivity; axon regeneration; actin cytoskeleton; spinal cord injury and degeneration
Jiang Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Chromatin regulation of mammalian neural development; function of chromatin remodeling complexes in key signaling pathways that regulate neural stem cell self-renewal, differentiation, and post-mitotic neuronal development
Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Identification and characterization of new neuropeptides that regulate vital functions such as sleep, appetite and blood pressure.
Gang G. Yu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Molecular genetic analysis of sleep/wake
Chun-Li Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Transcriptional regulation of neural stem cells and their role in regeneration and brain tumors
Jeffrey Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Proferssor
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