Faculty

New Members - as of December 2023

Abderemane-Ali, Fayal	Alward, Beau	Coley, Austin
Cross, Kathryn	Daboussi, Lydia	Deng, Sophie X.
Dipoppa, Mario	Hernandez, Leanna	Ho, Tiffany
Hoftman, Gil	Huk, Alex	Lawrence, Rosalie
Leal, Stephanie	Leitch, Duncan	Massaly, Nicolas
Mendizabal, Adys	Reavis, Eric	Wilke, Scott
Wu, Ye "Emily"	Zhang, Chuchu	Zheng, Jie J.
Zylberberg, Joel

Name	Research fields	Research Interest
Abderemane-Ali, Fayal	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Ion channel macromolecular complexes in neuronal and cardiac channelopathies
Adhikari, Avishek	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural control of emotional behaviors, with a focus on fear and anxiety
Aharoni, Daniel	Neurotechnology	Tool and technique development for neuro-behavioral research
Ajijola, Olujimi A.	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Cardiac Neurobiology, Neuroplasticity after cardiac injury, Neural Control of Cardiopulmonary Function
Akin, Orkun	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Role of neural activity in brain development and synapse formation
Alward, Beau	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics	Neuroendocrinology of social behavior
Andrews, Anne	Addiction Neurotechnology	Serotonin & Anxiety
Arac, Ahmet	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Mechanisms of motor behavior and neural activity relationship
Arnold, Arthur	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Sexual Differentiation of the Brain
Askary, Amjad	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Lineage and cell fate specification in the mammalian retina
Balliu, Brunilda	Neurogenetics	Genetic basis of neuropsychiatric traits in humans.
Bari, Ausaf	Addiction Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroimaging/Cognitive Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Invasive Human Brain Mapping for Reward, Addiction, Decision-Making and Motor Control
Barnes, Steven A.	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Ion Channel Biophysics in the Retina: Vision, Neurons, Circuits and Metabolism
Bearden, Carrie	Learning and Memory Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Cognition, Neuroimaging and Genetics of Mood Disorders and Psychosis
Bhaduri, Aparna	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Regulation of cell fate specification in normal human cortical development and glioblastoma, using single-cell approaches and cortical organoid models.
Bilder, Robert	Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging
Bisley, James	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Cognitive Processing of Visual Information; Guidance of Eye Movements
Bitan, Gal	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neurodegenerative Diseases
Black, Douglas	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Neurons
Blair, Hugh Tad	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Learning and Memory; Neural Computation
Blaisdell, Aaron	Learning and Memory	Learning and Behavior
Blank, Idan	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Language comprehension and its relation to high-level cognition
Bookheimer, Susan	Learning and Memory Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Functional Neuroimaging of Language and Memory
Brecha, Nicholas	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurochemical Pathways in the Vertebrate Retina
Bronstein, Jeff	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Molecular Biology of Glia and Glial Tumors
Buonomano, Dean	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural Dynamics: Neural Basis of Learning and Temporal Processing
Butler, Samantha	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Generating and regenerating neural circuitry in the spinal cord
Cahill, Catherine	Addiction Learning and Memory Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Neurotechnology	Chronic pain and opioid addiction
Carmichael Jr., Stanley	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neuroplasticity After Brain Injury
Castrellon, Jaime	Addiction Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Social and affective mechanisms of motivation and decision making
Chandler, Scott	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neuronal Mechanisms Controlling Jaw Movement
Charles, Andrew	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Cellular and pharmacological mechanisms of migraine and pain
Churchland, Anne	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Sensory perception and decision-making.
Clewett, David	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Cognitive and neural mechanisms of emotional memory in humans
Coley, Austin	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural populations and circuits involved in stress and depression behaviors
Colwell, Christopher	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural Control of Behavior, Circadian Rhythms
Cooper, Ziva	Addiction Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences	Neurobiology of cannabis, cannabinoids, and endocannabinoids
Correa, Stephanie	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural control of energy homeostasis, estrogen signaling, neuroendocrinology
Cramer, Steven C.	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neural plasticity after stroke in humans
Cross, Kathryn	Neuroimaging/Cognitive Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural mechanisms of gait and movement dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease & other movement disorders
Daboussi, Lydia	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Mechanisms of Plasticity for Neural Repair
Dapretto, Mirella	Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neuroimaging/imaging genetics of language and social cognition in typical and atypical development (emphasis on adolescence and autism spectrum disorders); cultural neuroscience
De Biase, Lindsay	Addiction Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Influence of microglial cells on normal and pathological circuit function
de la Torre-Ubieta, Luis	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Mechanisms of human neocortical development and neuropsychiatric disease using neural stem cell models and bioinformatic approaches.
Dean, Andrew	Addiction	Neuropsychology of Addictions
Demer, Joseph	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Ocular Motor System, Vestibular System
DeNardo, Laura	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Assembly and function of neural circuits underlying adaptive behaviors
Deng, Sophie X.	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Development of cell-based therapies that regenerate the cornea and restore vision
Deters, Kacie	Learning and Memory Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia in Black individuals
Dickson, Patricia	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neurodegeneration
Dipoppa, Mario	Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Computational principles governing cortical brain functions
Dong, Hong Wei	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Construction of the whole mouse brain wiring diagram
Donlea, Jeffrey M.	Learning and Memory Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Sleep regulation, learning and memory
Edgerton, V. Reggie	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural Control of Movement and Neuromuscular Plasticity
Ellingson, Benjamin	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neuro-Oncology Neuroimaging & Neuroimaging in Complex Neuropathologies
Engel Jr., Jerome	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurobiology of Epilepsy
Evans, Christopher	Addiction	Opioid Systems
Fanselow, Michael	Addiction Learning and Memory	Learning, Memory and Emotion
Faull, Kym		Mass Spectrometry in the Biological Sciences including Proteomics
Feldman, Jack	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Properties of Neurons Resulting in Behavior
Field, Greg	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Systems neuroscience, visual processing, retinal neurophysiology, neural degeneration
Flint, Jonathan	Neurogenetics	Genetic basis of anxiety and depression in animal models and in humans
Fogel, Brent	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Exploring the Molecular Basis of Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disease
Freimer, Nelson	Neurogenetics	Identifying Genes that Contribute to Predisposition to Complex Human Phenotypes
Fried, Itzhak	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurotechnology	The Neuronal Basis of Human Memory; Ameliorating Memory Dysfunction with Stimulation
Frye, Mark	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Cross-Modal Sensory Fusion and Sensory-Motor Integration
Galvan, Adriana	Addiction Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Geschwind, Daniel	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Neurogenetics, Systems Biology of Neurodevelopmental (e.g. Autism) and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Dementia and Ataxia)
Giza, Christopher	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Developmental Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroplasticity
Glanzman, David	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Golshani, Peyman	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Epilepsies
Gomez-Pinilla, Fernando	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Mechanisms of Neural Repair
Gorin, Michael	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Molecular Genetics and Mechanisms of Retinal Disorders
Green, Shulamite	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Sensory, cognitive, and affective neurodevelopment across clinical groups (e.g., autism, anxiety disorders, early life adversity)
Guo, Ming	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Studying Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disorders in Drosophila
Guo, Zhefeng	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Structural Biology of Amyloid-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hallem, Elissa	Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Olfactory Behavior in Free-living and Parasitic Nematodes
Harper, Ronald	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural Mechanisms in Sleep State
Harris, Neil	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Plasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury
Hartenstein, Volker	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Brain Development in Drosophila
Hernandez, Leanna	Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, schizophrenia, ADHD)
Hinman, Jason	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Cellular and molecular mechanisms at the interface between stroke and dementia
Ho, Tiffany	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Adolescent stress, neurodevelopment, and depression
Hoftman, Gil	Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Understanding psychosis risk using neuroimaging and genetics
Hong, Weizhe	Learning and Memory Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural Mechanisms of Social Behavior
Houser, Carolyn	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Morphological Organization and Plasticity of the GABA System; Neurochemical Anatomy of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Hsiao, Elaine	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurobiology of disease, neuroimmunology, microbiome-nervous system interactions
Huk, Alex	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Neural computations underlying vision, cognition, and action
Iacoboni, Marco	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Non Invasive Human Systems Neuroscience
Irwin, Michael	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Psychoneuroimmunology
Izquierdo, Alicia	Addiction Learning and Memory	Neuroscience of Decision making; Addiction
Kagan, Bruce	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neurotoxicity Caused by Channel Forming Toxins
Kao, Jonathan	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Computational systems neuroscience and neural engineering
Kaufman, Daniel	Neurogenetics	Therapeutics for diabetes and neurological disease
Khakh, Baljit	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Ion Channels, Glia and Synapses
Knowlton, Barbara	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neural Substrates of Higher Cognitive Functions
Kornblum, Harley	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neural Stem Cells and Brain Tumors
Krantz, David	Addiction Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Using Drosophila to Study Neurotransmitter Transport, Synaptic Transmission, Behavior and Disease
Kumar, Rajesh	Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural control of autonomic, breathing, and cognitive functions.
Lai, Albert		Pharmacogenomics of Glioblastoma Response to Therapy
Lavretsky, Helen	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Understanding neurobiology of resilience and aging in mood and cognitive disorders
Lawrence, Rosalie	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Stress-driven and metabolic mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Leal, Stephanie	Learning and Memory Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Cognitive and neural mechanisms of emotional memory in healthy and disease states (e.g. depression, aging, Alzheimer's disease)
Leitch, Duncan	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Sensory system function, physiology, and behavior in diverse animal models
Leuchter, Andrew	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Neurophysiology of Depression; Neurophysiologic Predictors of Treatment Outcome
Levine, Michael	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Neurodegenerative Disorders
Liau, Linda	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Experimental Therapeutics for Brain Tumors
Liu, Zili	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive	How People See and Why They See The Way They Do?
London, Edythe	Addiction Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neuroimaging Brain Function in Addictive and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Loo, Sandra	Neurogenetics	Gene-Brain-Behavior Pathways in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
Lu, Daniel	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Regenerative Treatment
MacKenzie-Graham, Allan	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Understanding and preventing neurodegeneration
Maidment, Nigel	Addiction Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neuropharmacology of Substance Abuse
Martin, Kelsey	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Cell Biology of Learning-related Synaptic Plasticity
Masmanidis, Sotiris	Addiction Learning and Memory Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Neural circuits of reward learning and motor control, addiction, movement disorders
Massaly, Nicolas	Addiction Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Neurotechnology	Neurocircuits underlying pain affect, rewarding and aversive properties of stimuli, and substance use disorders
Mathern, Gary	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Biological Mechanisms Linked to Epilepsy
Mathews, Paul	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Mechanisms of learning and memory, motor coordination
Mayer, Emeran	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neurobiology of Stress, Pain and Emotion
Mazziotta, John	Learning and Memory	Neuroimaging, Brain Mapping
McCracken, James	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Anxiety Disorders; Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Mehta, Mayank	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Sleep, Neural Oscillations, Neural Coding
Mendizabal, Adys	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Study of social and structural determinants of health and its impact in neurological outcomes: Health Disparities in Huntington’s Disease and Adverse Childhood Experiences across different neurological conditions
Metzner, Walter	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Behavioral Neuroscience (Neuroethology)
Micevych, Paul	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Reproductive Neuroendocrinology, Neuroprotection, Pain
Mody, Istvan	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Synaptic Signaling in Health and Disease
Monti, Martin	Neuroimaging/Cognitive Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Disorders of consciousness (Coma, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State); Language and thought; Neuroimaging; Brain Stimulation
Narins, Peter	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Auditory Neurophysiology, Mechanics and Behavior
Narr, Katherine	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Applied Neurobiological Imaging
Nathanson, David	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Research and drug development for malignant brain tumors
Novitch, Bennett	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Regulation of Stem and Progenitor Cell Specification and Differentiation in the Vertebrate Central Nervous System
Nurmi, Erika	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Pharmacogenomic factors in treatment of autisim, ADHD, anxiety and depression
O'Dell, Thomas	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Synaptic and Molecular Mechanisms in Learning and Memory Formation
Olcese, Riccardo	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Molecular Physiology of Ion Channels
Olde Loohuis, Loes	Neurogenetics	The identification of genetic and environmental variables that contribute to the cause and course of psychiatric illness
Ophoff, Roel	Neurogenetics	Human Genetic Studies of Neuropsychiatric Traits
Papazian, Diane	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Voltage Gated K Channels: Functional Mechanisms and Role in Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration
Paul, Ketema	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences	Sleep regulatory mechanisms
Peng, Chao	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Peng, Yi-Rong	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Genetic Dissection of Retinal Circuits
Petersen, Nicole	Addiction Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neuroimaging/Cognitive Neurotechnology	Translational neuroimaging and human neuroendocrinology
Phelps, Patricia	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neuronal Development - Cell Migration and Axon Outgrowth
Piri, Natik	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Retinal Ganglion Cells and Optic Neuropathies
Poe, Gina	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Investigating the mechanisms by which sleep traits serve learning and memory consolidation
Portera-Cailliau, Carlos	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Imaging the Assembly and Plasticity of Cortical Circuits with Two Photon Microscopy
Prins, Mayumi Lynn	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Pediatric Response to Traumatic Brain Injury
Ray, Lara	Addiction	Genetics of Addiction Etiology and Treatment
Reavis, Eric	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Understanding perception, cognition, and social information processing in psychosis using methods from cognitive neuroscience
Rexach, Jessica	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Immune regulators of neurodegeneration; systems biology, functional genomics, experimental disease modeling
Ringach, Dario	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Visual Neurophysiology and Perception
Rissman, Jesse	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Cognitive and neural mechanisms of memory formation and retrieval in humans
Sagasti, Alvaro	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Development of Complex Cell Shapes in Zebrafish Touch-Sensing Neurons
Samarasinghe, Ranmal	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural network formation and dysfunction in epilepsy and autism; stem cell models; brain organoids
Sampath, Alapakkam	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Retinal Physiology and Visual Performance
Schlinger, Barney	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Steroid Synthesis and Action in the Vertebrate CNS
Schweizer, Felix	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Molecular Mechanisms and Regulation of Synaptic Transmission
Shah, Pavak	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Synaptogenesis, circuit assembly and the cellular basis of neural dynamics.
Shams, Ladan	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Multi-Sensory Integration; Perceptual Learning; Adaptation
Shivkumar, Kalyanam	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Autonomic Regulation of Myocardial Excitability
Sicotte, Nancy	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Neurodegenerative Disorders
Siegel, Jerome	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Sleep, Motor Control
Silva, Alcino	Learning and Memory Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Smith, Desmond	Neurogenetics	Functional Neurogenomics
Sofroniew, Michael	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neural Injury and Repair
Spigelman, Igor	Addiction Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neuropharmacology
Sternini, Catia	Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	The “Brain in the Gut” and Taste Receptors
Sun, Yi	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	The Molecular Control of Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Suthana, Nanthia	Learning and Memory Neuroimaging/Cognitive Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging of Human Learning and Memory
Trachtenberg, Joshua	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Understanding Cortical Plasticity from Synapses to Circuits
Uddin, Lucina	Neuroimaging/Cognitive	Brain connectivity and cognition in typical and atypical development
Voskuhl, Rhonda	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Neuroimmunology, Neuroendocrinology and Neuroprotection
Wassum, Kate	Addiction Learning and Memory Neurotechnology	Behavioral Neuroscience, Learning and Behavior, Addiction
Wayne, Nancy	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences	Mechanisms Regulating Reproductive-Neuron Physiology
Wells, Michael	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Discovery of autism disease mechanisms using mixed-donor human stem cell villages
White, Stephanie	Learning and Memory Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Social Influences on Learning and Memory
Wikenheiser, Andrew	Learning and Memory Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Understanding how neural representations guide behavior
Wilke, Scott	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Role of prefrontal cortex circuits in adaptive and maladaptive decision making
Williams, David	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Retinal Cell Biology, Sensory Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration
Woods, Roger	Neurogenetics	Structural and Functional Brain Imaging
Wu, Ye "Emily"	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Neural basis of empathy and prosocial behavior
Yang, X. William	Addiction Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics	Mouse Genetic Approach to Study the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Yang, Xian-Jie	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Development and Diseases of the Vertebrate Neural Retina
Zeiger, William	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair	Investigating mechanisms of cortical circuit dysfunction in mouse models of neurologic diseases
Zhang, Chuchu	Neuroendocrinology and Sex Differences Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Neural mechanisms of internal sensations i.e. how we feel inside our body, with a focus on the molecular and circuit mechanisms of nausea.
Zhang, Ye	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Glia biology in health and disease
Zheng, Jie J.	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Therapeutic development in ophthalmology
Zhou, Z. Hong	Learning and Memory Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neuroimaging/Cognitive Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience	Studies structures of synaptic receptors, neuronal infections and neurodegenerative diseases by cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM).
Zipursky, Larry S.	Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair Neurogenetics Synapses, Cells, and Circuits	Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Circuit Assembly
Zylberberg, Joel	Learning and Memory Synapses, Cells, and Circuits Computational and Systems Neuroscience Neurotechnology	Machine learning and information theory applied to visual neuroscience