develops novel optical tools to study neuromodulation in neuropsychiatric disorders
All in Professor
Dr. Ev Fedorenko
studies the neuroscience of language
Dr. Gül Dölen
studies how psychedelics influence social development and neuroplasticity
Dr. Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar
studies the neuroanatomy and molecular mechanisms of addiction and reward
Dr. Francesca Sargolini
studies the neuronal basis of spatial cognition
Dr. Maria Geffen
studies neuronal circuits that support auditory perception and learning
Dr. Mary Kay Lobo
studies basal ganglia and reward circuitry that regulate motivation and repetitive behaviors.
Dr. Rebecca Shansky
studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry
Dr. Karen Szumlinski
studies the the impact of drugs of abuse on neurochemical signaling in the brain using mouse models
Dr. Sally Temple
studies neural stem cells to design therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Joni Wallis
works to infer complex cognitive processes from neural activity
Dr. Marlene Cohen
studies how visual information is encoded in neurons and used to guide behavior
Dr. Charlotte Stagg
studies how the brain adapts to new challenges, particularly the learning of new motor skills and recovery of motor function after stroke
Dr. Lucina Uddin
studies the organization and dynamics of large-scale brain networks underlying cognitive flexibility
Dr. Marina Picciotto
studies how single molecules control complex behaviors related to addiction, depression, feeding and learning
Dr. Sheena Josselyn
studies the neural substrates of memory (engrams) and applies this research to both substance abuse and learning and memory disorders
Dr. Athena Akrami
studies how we unconsciously learn from the environment
Dr. Heidi Johansen-Berg
studies how the human brain changes with experience and recovers from injury
Dr. Alison Barth
studies how learning and experience change the brain
Dr. Anne Churchland
studies the neural circuits and computations underlying decision-making