Neuroscience Program Research Faculty

Cell and Molecular Neuroscience

  • David Carter, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Enhancing Central Nervous System (brain & spinal cord) plasticity & repair; Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
  • Stephen Glatt, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Psychiatric Genetic Epidemiology & Neurobiology

  • Brian Howell, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: The signal transduction events that regulate the functional organization of neurons in the brain, and the phenotypes caused by defects in the genes that encode these signaling molecules.
  • Huaiyu Hu, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Molecular studies of brain malformations.
  • Burk Jubelt, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    CNS acute and chronic polio- and entero-virus infections; Growth factors for Post-Polio Syndrome; Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Motor Neuron Gene Expression

  • Barry Knox, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Research Interests: Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins
  • Paul Massa, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Regulation of innate immune responses to viruses.

  • Russell Matthews, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Role of glycoproteins in oncogenesis and brain development
  • Frank Middleton, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Molecular basis of cortical-basal ganglia and cortical-cerebellar circuit formation and dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease.

  • Eric Olson, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cerebral cortex development.
  • Francesca Pignoni, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:
    Neurogenesis; Retinal Progenitor Cells Specification and Proliferation; Genetic Control of Stem Cell Identity and Maintenance; Disease Genes Analysis in Drosophila
  • Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Research Interests: Clinical Therapeutics of ALS and other motor neuron disorders.  Animals models of the physiology and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Peripheral nerve physiology.
  • Eduardo Solessio, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Mary Lou Vallano, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Neuronal survival and development.
  • Richard Veenstra, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Regulation of connexin-specific-gap-junctions; gap junction channel biophysics.
  • Andrea Viczian, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: Mammalian retinal stem cells formation; molecular mechanism of retinal cell fate decisions; using cell replacement therapy to heal the blinded eye.
  • Richard JH Wojcikiewicz, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Intracellular signaling via InsP3 receptors and the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway.
  • Michael Zuber, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: The molecular basis of retinal stem cell formation; regulating retinal stem/progenitor cell proliferation; using retinal stem/progenitor cells to heal the injured or degenerating retina.

Developmental Neuroscience

  • Blair Calancie, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: CNS plasticity after trauma; intraoiperative electrophysiology.
  • David Carter, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Enhancing Central Nervous System (brain & spinal cord) plasticity & repair; Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
  • Brian Howell, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: The signal transduction events that regulate the functional organization of neurons in the brain, and the phenotypes caused by defects in the genes that encode these signaling molecules.
  • Huaiyu Hu, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Molecular studies of brain malformations.
  • Wendy Kates, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Anatomic and functional imaging investigations of neurodevelopment in individuals with genetic or psychiatric disorders
  • Barry Knox, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Research Interests: Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins
  • Paul Massa, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Regulation of innate immune responses to viruses.

  • Russell Matthews, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Role of glycoproteins in oncogenesis and brain development
  • Eric Olson, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cerebral cortex development.
  • Eduardo Solessio, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Dennis Stelzner, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: CNS regeneration, spinal cord injury research, and neural plasticity.
  • Mary Lou Vallano, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Neuronal survival and development.
  • Andrea Viczian, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: Mammalian retinal stem cells formation; molecular mechanism of retinal cell fate decisions; using cell replacement therapy to heal the blinded eye.
  • Steven Youngentob, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: In utero ethanol and nicotine exposures and chemsensory systems plasticity, olfactory biomarkers of ADHD, olfactory signal transduction, peripheral and central mechanisms of odorant quality coding.
  • Michael Zuber, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests: The molecular basis of retinal stem cell formation; regulating retinal stem/progenitor cell proliferation; using retinal stem/progenitor cells to heal the injured or degenerating retina.

Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

  • Blair Calancie, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: CNS plasticity after trauma; intraoiperative electrophysiology.
  • David Carter, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Enhancing Central Nervous System (brain & spinal cord) plasticity & repair; Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
  • Bart Farell, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Mechanisms of visual perception of 3-D position, motion, color and object shape, investigated by psychophysical methods.
  • John Hoepner, MD
    Dual Hospital Provider
    Research Interests: Cataract surgery glaucoma retinal electrophysiology
  • Wendy Kates, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: Anatomic and functional imaging investigations of neurodevelopment in individuals with genetic or psychiatric disorders
  • Paul Kent, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Mechanisms of sensory coding in the olfactory system; seizure mechanisms in hippocampal slices; optical imaging techniques.
  • Barry Knox, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Research Interests: Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins
  • Michael Lyon, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Age-related changes in the laryngeal muscles and vocal folds.
  • Paul Massa, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Regulation of innate immune responses to viruses.

  • Frank Middleton, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Molecular basis of cortical-basal ganglia and cortical-cerebellar circuit formation and dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease.

  • Brad Motter, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Visual Neurophysiology; Visual Attention; Visual Search Behavior
  • Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Research Interests: Clinical Therapeutics of ALS and other motor neuron disorders.  Animals models of the physiology and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Peripheral nerve physiology.
  • Eduardo Solessio, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Dennis Stelzner, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: CNS regeneration, spinal cord injury research, and neural plasticity.
  • Daniel Tso, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests: Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception, studied through physiological, anatomical and functional imaging techniques.
  • Steven Youngentob, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests: In utero ethanol and nicotine exposures and chemsensory systems plasticity, olfactory biomarkers of ADHD, olfactory signal transduction, peripheral and central mechanisms of odorant quality coding.

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