Mentor eligible NSC faculty are tenured or tenure-track members of the University of Rochester Faculty. Each has strong research interests in the neurosciences, and makes important contributions to the Neuroscience Graduate Program
| Faculty | Appointment(s) | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Richard N. Aslin, Ph.D. |
Director:
William R. Kenan Professor:
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Perceptual development in infants |
| Daphne Bavelier, Ph.D. |
Associate Director:
Associate Professor:
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The effect of altered experience early in life on the functional organization of the adult brain |
| Loisa Bennetto, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Neurocognitive functioning in autism. |
| Jean M. Bidlack, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Pharmacology of brain and lymphocytic opioid receptors |
| Brian J. Blyth, M.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Research efforts in the Bazarian/Blyth lab are aimed at reducing the disability occurring after mild traumatic brain injury |
| William J. Bowers, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Development of HSV amplicon-based gene therapy for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases |
| Laurel H. Carney, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Auditory Neuroscience; neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; signal processing for hearing aids. |
| Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Understanding the contribution of environmental chemical exposures to human diseases and disorders of the nervous system in order to evaluate human health risks and to determine effective strategies for treatment. |
| Kevin A. Davis, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Auditory neurophysiology, neural circuitry and information processing, and computational neuroscience. |
| Greg DeAngelis, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Visual neuroscience; multi-sensory integration; neural coding; linking neurons to perception |
| Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neuropathogenesis of AIDS |
| Ian Dickerson, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide signal transduction |
| Robert T. Dirksen, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Calcium channel structure and function |
| Robert W. Doty, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Recognition of faces, a function of the right cerebral hemisphere in macaques |
| Charles J. Duffy, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Functioning of cerebral neocortex, using neurophysiologic and psychophysical methods to examine mechanisms of spatial orientation |
| Robert H. Dworkin, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neuropathic pain: epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention |
| Edward G. Freedman, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Neural control of coordinated movements |
| Robert S. Freeman, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Molecular biology of programmed cell death |
| Robert D. Frisina, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neural processing of complex sounds in young and aged |
| Julie L. Fudge, M.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Anatomy and neurochemistry of brain regions associated with symptoms in major psychiatric illnesses |
| Lin Gan, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
Associate Professor:
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Development and degenerative diseases of sensory neurons, gene regulation |
| Greg T. Gdowski, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Vestibular neurophysiology: sensory neural control underlying the coordination of postural movements |
| Martha Johnson Gdowski, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Sensorimotor processing in the basal ganglia |
| Harris A. Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Molecular mechanisms and potential pharmacological and gene therapeutic interventions for neurologic disease associated with HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system. |
| Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Stem Cell Research |
| Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases |
| Marc W. Halterman, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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To define the transcriptional programs driving selective vulnerability and delayed neuron loss after stroke |
| Dana Helmreich, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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The Central nervous systems regulating endocrine systems, including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary thyroid axis. |
| Joseph Christopher Holt, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
Associate Professor:
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Synaptic pharmaco-physiology of vestibular efferent-afferent interactions |
| Krystel R. Huxlin, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Neural mechanisms of visual recovery in the adult; advanced physiological optics in the awake-behaving cat |
| Gail V. W. Johnson Voll, Ph.D |
Professor:
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration; tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease; the role of mitochondria in the pathogenesis of Huntington’s disease |
| Shirley A. Joseph, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neurochemical reorganization in the epileptic brain |
| Paul J. Kammermeier, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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G protein coupled receptor signaling and modulation of ion channels in neurons |
| Carol K. Kellogg, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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GABA A receptor and neural development |
| Amy Kiernan, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Molecular development of the inner ear; regeneration; congenital deafness and vestibular dysfunction |
| David C. Knill, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Perception of 3D surface structure and depth; Bayesian models of visual perception; Early visual representations of image structure; Visual control of motor behavior |
| Richard Libby, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Neurobiology of glaucoma; specifically the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the output neurons of the retina. |
| Anne E. Luebke, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels |
| Sanjay Maggirwar, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Role of NF-Kappa B in neuronal survival and function |
| Ania K. Majewska, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Imaging synaptic structure and function in the visual system. |
| Walter Makous, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Psychophysical dissection of vision |
| Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Biological and molecular mechanisms governing precursor cell division, differentiation, and survival in the brain |
| William H. Merigan, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Organization of visual cortex in humans and non-human primates |
| Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Physiology of movement, function of the basal ganglia, pathophysiology of movement disorders, and development of motor control |
| Jan A. Moynihan, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Psychoneuroimmunology |
| Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc |
Professor:
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Neurosurgery |
| Shawn D. Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. |
Professor:
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Vestibular anatomy and physiology, recovery from vestibular injury, vestibular control of head unrestrained gaze. |
| Elissa L. Newport, Ph.D. |
Chair:
George Eastman Professor:
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Acquisition of language; and the relationship between language acquisition and language structure |
| Mark Noble, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Stem cell medicine; specifically a focus on aspects of stem cell biology that are relevant to developing a mature field of stem cell medicine. |
| Ernest J. Nordeen, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Hormonal control of neural and behavioral development |
| Kathy W. Nordeen, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neurobiology of learning and memory |
| M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Normal and pathological roles of cyclooxygenase in glia and neurons; Alzheimer's Disease |
| John A. Olschowka, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Neural-immune interactions |
| William E. O'Neill, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Processing of complex acoustic signals in the central auditory system; echolocation; aging effects on central auditory system |
| Lisa A. Opanashuk, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Toxicant exposure and brain development |
| Gary D. Paige, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chair:
Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Professor:
Professor:
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Visual, vestibular, and adaptive control of spatial orientation and balance |
| Tatiana Pasternak, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Cortical mechanisms of visual perception and memory |
| Diane T. Piekut, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Hypothalamus: neuropeptides, neuroplasticity, seizures |
| Raphael Pinaud, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity and sensory learning. |
| David J. Pinto, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Cells and synapses, neurobiology of disease, sensory systems and perception, theoretical and computational |
| Douglas Portman, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Genetics and genomics of nervous system development in the Nematode C. elegans |
| James M. Powers, M.D. |
Professor:
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Peroxisomal Disorders |
| David Rempe, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Understanding the adaptive and pathological responses of the brain to periods of hypoxia and ischemia as observed during stroke |
| Lizabeth M. Romanski, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Organization and functions of the primate prefrontal cortex |
| Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neural Control of Individuated Finger Movements |
| Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chair:
Professor:
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Targeted therapy for neural crest tumors; neurodegenerative disease. |
| Scott H. Seidman, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor:
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Vestibular systems, motor learning, physiological models, multi-sensory integration |
| Shey-Shing Sheu, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Molecular mechanisms of intracellular Ca2+ signaling |
| Peter Shrager, Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Neuron-neuroglia interactions |
| Duje Tadin, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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neural mechanisms of visual perception in normal and special populations |
| Arnold William Tank, Ph.D. |
Chair:
Paul Stark Professor:
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Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in the nervous system |
| Charles A. Thornton, M.D. |
Professor:
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Neurogenetic disorders |
| Kim Tieu, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor:
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Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection |
| David R. Williams, Ph.D. |
Director:
Professor:
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Vision science, advanced ophthalmic technologies |
| Berislav Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor:
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Brain vascular mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease and stroke |