Participating Faculty
Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD
Research Summary: Analysis of Genetic and Neuronal Networks that Regulate Fat Content
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Joshua Berke, PhD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of Motivation and Adaptive Decision-Making
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Michael Brainard, PhD
Research Summary: Sensorimotor Learning in the Song System
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Dena Dubal, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms of Neural Resilience in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Howard Fields, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Circuitry of Motivation
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience
Loren Frank, PhD
Research Summary: Learning and Spatial Coding in the Hippocampal-Cortical Circuit
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Ying-Hui Fu, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular Study of Human Sleep Behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Memory
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Lisa Gunaydin PhD
Research Summary: Circuit basis of motivated behaviors in psychiatric disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Su Guo, PhD
Research Summary: Stem Cells, Neural Circuitry and Behavior
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Yuh Nung Jan, PhD
Research Summary: Neuronal morphogenesis and circuit assembly
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Mazen Kheirbek, PhD
Research Summary: Neural circuits for emotional behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Christoph Kirst, PhD, MS, BS
Research Summary: Neuronal Network Dynamics, Computational Coordination and Flexible Brain Function
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Zachary Knight, PhD
Research Summary: Neural circuits for homeostatic behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Anatol Kreitzer, PhD
Research Summary: Synaptic Plasticity and Circuit Function in the Basal Ganglia
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
Research Summary: Understand how molecules, cells, circuits and the physiology of an intact organism work together to produce learned behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Qili Liu, PhD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of nutrient-specific appetite
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural, molecular, and genetic mechanisms of social attachment throughout development and in disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Lennart Mucke, MD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of Diseases Affecting Cognitive Functions
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, PhD
Research Summary: Neural circuits for associative learning and decision-making
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Louis Ptacek, MD
Research Summary: Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Dorit Ron, PhD
Research Summary: Signal Transduction, Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Susanna Rosi, PhD
Research Summary: Brain Injury, Neuroinflammation, and Cognitive Function
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Massimo Scanziani, PhD
Research Summary: Understanding the mechanisms by which elementary circuits of neurons control the spatial and temporal structure of cortical activity.
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Christoph Schreiner, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Representation of Complex Signals in the Central Auditory System
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Understanding emergent patterns of activity in cortical networks & their relationships to psychiatric disorders
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Laurence Tecott, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Behavioral Traits
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Saul Villeda, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Rejuvenation
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Kevin Yackle, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Cellular and Molecular Dissection of the Breathing Rhythm Generator
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience