Faculty & Research

Research Faculty

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

Expertise: Developmental neurobiology (lab website)

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

Expertise: Neural development and behavior (lab website)

Expertise: Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity (lab website)

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

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

Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, reward, learning, decision-making, chemosensation

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

Expertise: Molecular Neurobiology and RNA metabolism

Expertise: Neural dynamics of gustatory perception and learning

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

Expertise: Modulation of Neural Networks (lab website)

Expertise: Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex

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

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development

Expertise: Circadian Rhythms, Behavior, and Gene Expression

Expertise: Visual perception. Cognitive processes.

Expertise: Neurogenetics of sensory behaviors


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

Expertise: Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal properties (lab website)

Expertise: Development and function of cortical circuits
Teaching Faculty

Expertise: Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics