Neuroscience Program

Faculty and Research

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Research Faculty

Anne Berry, Psychology
Anne Berry
Assistant Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3278 Lemberg 101

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

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Susan Birren
Susan J. Birren
Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor in Neuroscience
Division Head, Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
781-736-2680 Shapiro Science Center 1-06A

Expertise: Developmental neurobiology. 

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Paul DiZio
Paul DiZio
Associate Professor of Psychology
781-736-2043 Rabb 5

Expertise: Human spatial orientation and motor control.

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Irving Epstein
Irving Epstein
University Professor
Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry and HHMI Professor
781-736-2503 Shapiro Science Center 3-09

Expertise: Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems. 

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Paul Garrity
Paul Garrity
Professor of Biology
781-736-3127 Shapiro Science Center 2-16

Expertise: Neural development and behavior. 

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Christine Grienberger
Christine Grienberger
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-8146 Bassine 311

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

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Leslie Griffith
Leslie Griffith
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3125 Shapiro Science Center 2-06B

Expertise: Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity.

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Angela Gutchess
Angela Gutchess
Professor of Psychology
Department Chair, Psychology
781-736-3247 Lemberg 106

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

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Jennifer Gutsell
Jennifer Gutsell
Associate Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3308 Volen 220

Expertise: Self-control; empathy and environmentalism.

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James Howard
James Howard
Assistant Professor of Psychology
781-736-3252 Brown 108

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

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Shantanu Jadhav
Shantanu Jadhav
Associate Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3147 Bassine 301

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

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Sebastian Kadener
Sebastian Kadener
Professor of Biology
781-736-4915 Rosenstiel 332

Expertise: Molecular neurobiology and RNA metabolism.

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Donald Katz
Donald Katz
Professor of Neuroscience and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3268 Bassine 345

Expertise: Neural dynamics of gustatory perception and learning.

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Yerbol Z. Kurmangaliyev
Yerbol Z. Kurmangaliyev
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-4907 Rosenstiel 441

Expertise: Genomics of brain development.

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James Lackner
James Lackner
Meshulam and Judith Riklis Professor of Physiology
781-736-2033 Rabb 4

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

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Eve Marder
Eve Marder
University Professor
Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology
781-736-3140 Volen 314

Expertise: Modulation of neural networks. 

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Joshua Meisel
Joshua Meisel
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Biology
783-736-2439 Rosenstiel 445

Mitochondrial genetics and metabolism in health and neurodegenerative disease

Paul Miller
Paul Miller
Professor of Biology
Program Chair, Neuroscience
781-736-2890 Volen 317

Expertise: Computational and theoretical neuroscience.

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Teresa Vann Mitchell
Teresa Vann Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Psychology
781-736-5333 Brown 107

Expertise: Developmental cognitive neuroscience and psychology.

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Sacha Nelson
Sacha Nelson
Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Science
781-736-3181 Shapiro Science Center 1-21

Expertise: Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex. 

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Dan Oprian
Daniel Oprian
Louis and Bessie Rosenfield Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2322 Volen 407

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

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Suzanne Paradis
Suzanne Paradis
Professor of Biology
781-736-5305 Shapiro Science Center 1-08A

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development. 

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Avital Rodal
Avital Rodal
Professor of Biology
781-736-2459 Rosenstiel 528

Expertise: Endosomal membrane traffic in neurons.

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Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash
Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
781-736-3160 Shapiro Science Center 2-24B

Expertise: Circadian rhythms, behavior and gene expression. 

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Robert Sekuler
Robert Sekuler
Louis and Frances Salvage Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
781-736-3277 Volen 244

Expertise: Visual perception. Cognitive processes.

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Piali Sengupta
Piali Sengupta
Harold and Bernice Davis Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease
Professor of Biology
781-736-2686 Shapiro Science Center 2-08A

Expertise: Behavioral and neuronal development in C. elegans. 

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Hannah Snyder
Hannah Snyder
Associate Professor of Psychology
Head, Neuroscience Undergraduate Advising
781-736-3272 Lemberg 102

Expertise: Executive function.

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Jonathan Touboul, Mathematics
Jonathan Touboul
Professor of Mathematics
781-736-3080 Goldsmith 303

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

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Gina Turrigiano
Gina Turrigiano
Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Studies AY 2024-2025
781-736-2684 Shapiro Science Center 1-28

Expertise: Homeostasis and neural circuit plasticity and function.

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Stephen Van Hooser
Stephen Van Hooser
Associate Professor of Biology
781-736-2721 Bassine 326

Expertise: Development and function of cortical circuits.

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Yangyang Wang
Yangyang Wang
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
781-736-3066 Goldsmith 302

Expertise: mathematical biology, differential equations, dynamical systems, multiple timescale dynamics.

Teaching Faculty

Maria de Boef Miara
Maria de Boef Miara
Associate Professor of Biology
Head, MCB and Neuroscience Master's Advising
781-736-3106 Bassine 117

Expertise: Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics, comparative anatomy, evolution physiology, biomechanics.

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Emeriti Faculty

Arthur Wingfield
Arthur Wingfield
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
781-736-3270 Volen 363

Expertise: Human memory.

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