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: Neurobiology of Disease 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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| Katrin Andreasson | Mechanisms of neurodegeneration | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Ben Barres | Neuron-glial interactions in the developing and regenerating CNS | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Anne Brunet | Molecular mechanisms of aging in the nervous system | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Axel Brunger | Molecular mechanism of synaptic neurotransmission | CEL, CMP, MOL, NBD |
| Paul Buckmaster | Hippocampal circuitry, mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy | CEL, EXC, NBD, SYS |
| Marion Buckwalter | Neuroinflammation, stroke, functional recovery | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Pak Chan | Mechanisms of cell death in stroke and CNS | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Corinna Darian-Smith | Reorganisation after injury in adult sensorimotor pathways. | CEL, NBD, SYS |
| Luis de Lecea | Molecular biology of sleep and arousal | MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Karl Deisseroth | Novel optical tools to probe neural circuits in health and disease | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Firdaus Dhabhar | Stress effects on immune function: The good, bad, & beautiful | CEL, MOL, NBD, 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 |
| Robert Fisher | Clinical Epilepsy, EEG, Brain Stimulation, Drug Delivery, Absence | CEL, NBD |
| 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 |
| Michael Greicius | Functional connectivity in neuropsychiatric disorders, fMRI/DTI | NBD, SYS |
| May Han | Multiple sclerosis | 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 |
| Ting-Ting Huang | The role of oxygen free radicals in oxidative tissue damage and neurod | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| John Huguenard | Oscillations/synchronization of neural networks; epilepsy | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Terence Ketter | Brain imaging and studies of emotion, mood, and temperament | NBD |
| Brian Knutson | Neural basis of emotion, applied to mental health and decision making | NBD, SYS |
| Ron Kopito | Protein quality control. Molecular genetics and cell biology of neuro | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Joyce Liao | Ischemic optic neuropathy, Stem cell transplantation, Vision electroph | NBD, SYS |
| Frank Longo | Alzheimer's disease, small molecules growth factor ligands | MOL, NBD |
| Bingwei Lu | Neural stem cell biology and neurodegeneration | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Sean Mackey | Systems neuroscience approaches to human pain research | CMP, EXC, NBD, SYS |
| Merritt Maduke | Molecular mechanisms of chloride channels and transporters | EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Robert Malenka | synaptic plasticity | CEL, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| 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 |
| Tirin Moore | Visuomotor integration, visual perception and cognition | NBD, SYS |
| Karen Parker | Oxytocin and social behavior; stress and HPA axis physiology | DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Josef Parvizi | Intracranial recordings and stimulations in the human brain | CMP, NBD, SYS |
| 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 |
| Lawrence Recht | stem cells and cancer | NBD |
| Richard Reimer | Neurotransmitter synthesis and packaging | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Allan Reiss | Interdisciplinary research, multimodal imaging, brain disorder | CMP, DEV, NBD, SYS |
| Robert Sapolsky | Neuron death, stress, gene therapy | CEL, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Mark Schnitzer | In vivo two-photon imaging; cerebellar and hippocampal circuits | CEL, CMP, NBD, SYS |
| Matthew Scott | Cerebellum development and cancer, neural control of growth | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| 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 |
| Anthony Wagner | Neural basis of memory and executive function | NBD, SYS |
| 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 |
| Jeffrey Wine | Pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis: ion transport | CEL, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Tony Wyss-Coray | Molecular basis of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease | CEL, NBD |
| David Yeomans | Pain: differential activation; gene therapy; sodium channels | EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Jamie Zeitzer | Neurobio of sleep and circadian photoreception | NBD, SYS |
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