Faculty

Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy, novel in vivo imaging and measurement techniques, tumor biology, angiogenesis

Auditory Neuroscience; neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; signal processing for hearing aids.

Flexible allocation of the brain’s limited processing resources in attention, perception, and working memory

Basic neurophysiology of schizophrenia and autism

Identifing molecular regulators of long-range trafficking of protein cargoes to distinct sub-domains of polarized cells, such as neurons

Medical, Graduate, and Undergraduate Education

The biology of neural progenitor cells in developing and adult mammalian brain

The electrophysiology of human sensation, perception and cognition, especially in naturalistic environments.

Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss

Investigation of the molecules, receptors, and neural circuits that influence social interactions, including the actions of mammalian pheromones

The neural computations that enable the perception of natural sounds, such as speech and music

Neural control of movement; Computing and experiment control systems; Mathematics and statistics in neuroscience data analysis.

Develop a research program concentrating on identifying genetic modifiers of environmental factors in disease etiology using a combination of Drosophila genetics, cell culture, and rodent models

Neuron-neuroglia interactions

Exploring the understudied and novel mechanisms by which neuromodulators mediate the interactions between neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in both normal and disease states

Use virtual reality (VR), multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and machine learning to elucidate the psychological and neural signatures of psychopathologies

Clinical applications of advanced neuroimaging techniques such as functional MRI (fMRI), MR Spectroscopy (MRS), Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), morphometry, Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) and Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC)

Self-motion perception and adaptability of vestibular perception

Neurocognitive and communication deficits in autism and other developmental disabilities

The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception.

How we process social information, make meaningful social connections, and how these processes vary across the full spectrum of health and psychiatric illness with a particular focus on schizophrenia-spectrum disorders using behavioral and neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI) methods.

Mechanisms supporting conceptual processing, language, and action function in patients with brain tumor or epilepsy.

Understanding the neural mechanisms that mediate sensation and action with our hands.

Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases

Cochlear Neurodegeneration

Investigating if/how the production of rapid, coordinated movements requires control circuitry that can bypass sensory feedback delays by providing an estimate of the consequences resulting from a motor command.

Neuro-immune interactions, medical education, and faculty development

Cortical Circuitry Underlying Memory-Guided Sensory Decisions