Faculty & Research

Research Faculty

Anne Berry

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Volen Center for Complex Systems

781-736-3278 anneberry@brandeis.edu Lemberg Hall, 101

Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, executive function, neuromodulator systems (dopamine, acetylcholine), aging

Susan J. Birren

Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor in Neuroscience

781-736-2680 birren@brandeis.edu Shapiro Science Center 1-06A

Expertise: Developmental neurobiology. lab website

Paul DiZio

Associate Professor of Psychology

781-736-2043 dizio@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 5

Expertise: Human spatial orientation and motor control.

Irving Epstein

Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry

781-736-2503 epstein@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 3-09

Expertise: Nonlinear chemical dynamics. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems.

Paul Garrity

Professor of Biology

781-736-3127 pgarrity@brandeis.edu Shapiro Science Center 2-16

Expertise: Neural development and behavior. lab website

Expertise: Understanding how the brain is able to produce learned behaviors. lab website

Leslie Griffith

Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience

Director of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems

781-736-3125 griffith@brandeis.edu Shapiro Science Center 2-06B

Expertise: Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity. lab website

Angela Gutchess

Professor of Psychology

781-736-3247 gutchess@brandeis.edu Lemberg Hall, 106

Expertise: Cognitive and social neuroscience; influence of age and culture on memory. lab website

Jennifer Gutsell

Associate Professor Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems

781-736-3308 jgutsell@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 220

Expertise: Self-control; empathy and environmentalism. lab website

James Howard

Assistant Professor of Psychology

781-736-3252 jameshoward@brandeis.edu Brown Social Science Center, 89-108

Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, reward, learning, decision-making, chemosensation. lab website

Shantanu Jadhav

Associate Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems

781-736-3147 shantanu@brandeis.edu Bassine Science Building, 301

Expertise: Neural mechanisms of learning and memory-guided behavior in the mammalian brain. lab website

Sebastian Kadener

Associate Professor of Biology

781-736-4915 skadener@brandeis.edu Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, 332

Expertise: Molecular Neurobiology and RNA metabolism.

Donald Katz

Professor of Neuroscience and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems

781-736-3268 dbkatz@brandeis.edu Bassine Science Building, 345

Expertise: Neural dynamics of gustatory perception and learning. lab website

Yerbol Kurmangaliyev will be on-campus beginning January 2023.

Expertise: Genomics of brain development

James Lackner

Meshulam and Judith Riklis Professor of Physiology

781-736-2033 lackner@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 4

Expertise: Spatial orientation. Human movement control. Adaptation to spaceflight and autonomous vehicles.

Eve Marder

University Professor

Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology

781-736-3140 marder@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems 314

Expertise: Modulation of neural networks. lab website

Paul Miller

Professor of Biology

781-736-2890 pmiller@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 317

Expertise: Computational and theoretical neuroscience.

Sacha Nelson

Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Science

Chair, Neuroscience Program

781-736-3181 nelson@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 1-21

Expertise: Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex

Daniel Oprian

Louis and Bessie Rosenfield Professor of Biochemistry

781-736-2322 oprian@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems 407

Expertise: Structure-function studies of visual pigments and other cell surface receptors.

Suzanne Paradis

Professor of Biology

781-736-5305 paradis@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 1-08A

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development

Avital Rodal

Associate Professor of Biology

781-736-2459 arodal@brandeis.edu Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, 528

Expertise: Endosomal Membrane Traffic in Neurons

Michael Rosbash

Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Biology,

and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

781-736-3160 rosbash@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 2-24B

Expertise: Circadian Rhythms, Behavior, and Gene Expression

Robert Sekuler

Louis and Frances Salvage Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Department Chair, Psychology

781-736-3277 sekuler@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 244

Expertise: Visual perception. Cognitive processes.

Piali Sengupta

Harold and Bernice Davis Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease

Professor of Biology

781-736-2686 sengupta@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 2-08A

Expertise: Neurogenetics of sensory behaviors

Undergraduate Advising Head - Spring 2023

Hannah Snyder

Assistant Professor of Psychology

781-736-3272 hrsnyder@brandeis.edu Lemberg Hall, 102

Expertise: Executive function. CoPE Lab

Jonathan Touboul

Associate Professor of Mathematics

781-736-3080 jtouboul@brandeis.edu Goldsmith Building, 303

Expertise: Modeling and mathematical analysis of systems inspired by brain’s activity

Gina Turrigiano

Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science

781-736-2684 turrigia@brandeis.edu Carl J. Shapiro Science Center 1-28

Expertise: Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal properties. lab website

Stephen Van Hooser

Associate Professor of Biology

781-736-2721 vanhoosr@brandeis.edu Bassine Science Building, 326

Expertise: Development and function of cortical circuits

Teaching Faculty

Maria de Boef Miara

Assistant Professor of Biology

Master's Advising Head for MCB and Neuroscience

781-736-3106 mmiara@brandeis.edu Bassine Science Building, 119

Expertise: Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics.

Expertise: Neuroscience, aging, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, data visualization, biomedical education, academic development.

Neuroscience UAH for Fall 2022 & Spring 2023. For advising: neurouah@brandeis.edu. Book a meeting.

Emeriti Faculty

Arthur Wingfield

Professor Emeritus of Psychology

781-736-3270 wingfiel@brandeis.edu Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 363

Expertise: Human memory