PhD Program Faculty
Our faculty comprises 103 highly distinguished scientists who have made fundamental discoveries in all areas of neuroscience from molecules to cognition. They have international reputations for excellence in both research and teaching.
Faculty Research Interests: Developmental Detailed listing
The major research interests of faculty in the Program can be divided into seven research areas/approaches with considerable overlap. Every fundamental area of neuroscience is represented in our faculty. The complementary nature of their expertise and interests creates an unusually rich intellectual community.
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CEL: Cellular (61) CMP: Computational (24) DEV: Developmental (40) EXC: Membrane Excitability (24) | MOL: Molecular (57) NBD: Neurobiology of Disease (58) SYS: Systems/Cognitive (52) ALL: Complete List (103) |
| Name | Interests | Themes |
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| Bruce Baker | Control of sexual differentiation, including behavior | CEL, DEV, SYS |
| Ben Barres | Neuron-glial interactions in the developing and regenerating CNS | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Helen Blau | Cell fate plasticity, stem cell biology, gene ther, CNS repair | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Kwabena Boahen | Large-scale models of sensory, perceptual and motor systems | CMP, DEV, SYS |
| Lera Boroditsky | Interactions btw language, cognition and perception; plasticity | DEV, SYS |
| Anne Brunet | Molecular mechanisms of aging in the nervous system | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Thomas Clandinin | Genetic approaches to neurodevelopment and behavior | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Ricardo Dolmetsch | Autism, calcium signaling and developmental biology | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Heidi Feldman | Language and cognition after early neural injuries | DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Russell Fernald | How social behavior influences the brain | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Craig Garner | Cellular mechanisms underlying synapse formation in the developing CNS | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Rona Giffard | astrocytes in cerebral ischemia, heat shock proteins | CEL, CMP, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Gary Glover | fMRI acquisition/analysis, experimental design methods | CMP, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Ian Gotlib | Neural, cognitive, and genetic factors in depression in children and a | DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Isabella Graef | signaling and transcription in neural development | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Craig Heller | Neurobiology of sleep, circadian rhythms, and thermoregulation. | CEL, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Stefan Heller. | Inner ear development/regeneration, sensory hair cell function, TRPs | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| David Kingsley | Molecular basis of vertebrate evolution | CMP, DEV, MOL |
| Eric Knudsen | Mechanisms of attention | CEL, DEV, SYS |
| Bingwei Lu | Neural stem cell biology and neurodegeneration | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Liqun Luo | Development, organization and function of neuronal circuits | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Susan McConnell | Fate determination and migration in mammalian CNS | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Vinod Menon | Cognitive, developmental & clinical systems neuroscience, Brain Imagin | CMP, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Emmanuel Mignot | Neurobiology and genetics of sleep and narcolepsy | DEV, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Karen Parker | Oxytocin and social behavior; stress and HPA axis physiology | DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Anna Penn | The role of placental factors in brain development | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| David Prince | Altered properties of neurons/synapses in models of epilepsy | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Thomas Rando | Molecular mechanisms of stem cell fate determination | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Allan Reiss | Interdisciplinary research, multimodal imaging, brain disorder | CMP, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Anthony Ricci | Auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and synaptic transmissio | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL |
| Matthew Scott | Cerebellum development and cancer, neural control of growth | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Carla Shatz | molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent circuit formation | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, SYS |
| Kang Shen | moleular mechanisms of circuit assembly at the level of synapse | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Stephen Smith | Assembly and Plasticity of Neural Circuits | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Raymond Sobel | Neuropathology, neuroimmunology, myelin, multiple sclerosis | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Thomas Sudhof | Formation, function, and dysfunction of synapses | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Edith Sullivan | Neuroimaging and neuropsychology in aging and disease | DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Richard Tsien | Synaptic function, spiking & computation in memory circuits | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Brian Wandell | Visual perception, reading development, fMRI, DTI | CMP, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Marius Wernig | Reprogramming, iPS cells, Neural Stem Cells, Glioblastoma | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
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