Faculty in the Program in Neuroscience

Stony Brook Faculty

Abi-Dargham, Anissa, MD, Neuropsychiatric disorders and addiction. Dept. of Psychiatry.

Acosta-Martinez, Maricedes⁶, Ph.D., 2002, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Neuroendocrine regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad (HPG) axis. Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics

Anderson, Brenda J. 8 , Ph.D., 1993, University of Illinois: Behavioral and neuroanatomical effects of exercise and stress. Dept. of Psychology

Brinkman, Braden, Ph.D., 2013, Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Using Avalanche Statistics to Forecast Failure in Models of Earthquake Faults and Magnets

Canli, Turhan, Ph.D. Yale University, Interplay of environmental and genetic factors on individual differences in emotions, personality traits, social cognition, and mental health. Dept. of Psychology.

Collins, William F. III, Ph.D., 1980, University of Pennsylvania: Motoneuron physiology and plasticity.

Colognato, Holly⁵, Ph.D., 1999, Rutgers University: Molecular mechanisms that control oligodendrocyte function during nervous system development and during disease. Dept. of Pharmacology.

DeLorenzo, Christine⁷, Ph.D., 2007, Yale University: Biomarkers of Major Depressive Disorder, Antidepressant Treatment Response, Prediction, Multimodal Brain Imaging, PET Radioligands. Dept. of Psychiatry.

Dill, Kenneth⁹, Ph.D., UCSD, La Jolla: Properties of Proteins. Dept. of Chemistry.

Djuric, Petar¹¹, Ph.D., Signal analysis, modeling, and processing. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dubnau, Josh¹⁰, Ph.D., 1995, Columbia University: Genetic dissection of memory in Drosophila. Dept. of Anethesiology.

Enikolopov, Grigori¹⁰, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences: Neurogenesis, stem cells, signal transduction.

Fontanini, Alfredo, M.D., 1998, Ph.D. 2002, University of Brescia, Italy: Behavioral electrophysiology of taste and olfaction. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Frohman, Michael⁵, Ph.D., M.D., University of Pennsylvania: Regulation of exocytosis and cell shape by signaling proteins. Dept. of Pharmacology.

Ge, Shaoyu, Ph.D., 2002, University of Science and Technology of China: Development of new neurons in the adult brain. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Halegoua, Simon, Ph.D., 1978, Stony Brook University: Neuronal Growth Factor Signaling and the Control of Phenotype and Survival. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Hu, Chi-Kuo, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School: Dormancy, diapause in African Killifish; Dept. of Biochemistry

Kernan, Maurice, Ph.D., 1990, University of Wisconsin: Mechanosensory transduction in Drosophila; TRP channel function; ciliary mechanisms. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Kritzer, Mary, Ph.D., 1989, Yale University: Effects of gonadal hormones on the cerebral cortex. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

La Camera, Giancarlo, Ph.D., 2003, University of Bern: Learning and decision making; Theoretical Neuroscience. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Laughlin, Scott⁹, Ph.D., 2008, University of California: Chemical strategies for deciphering neural circuitry. Dept. of Chemistry.

Maffei, Arianna, Ph.D., 2002, University of Pavia (Italy): Experience-dependent plasticity of neocortical circuits. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

McKinnon, David, Ph.D., 1987, Australian National University: Evolution and robustness of electrophysiological systems. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Mofakham, Sima, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Computational neuroscience of neurological disorders. Dept. of Neurosurgery.

Mujica-Parodi, Lilianne R.², Ph.D., 1998, Columbia University: Neuroimaging (fMRI, nearinfrared spectroscopy) of limbic regulation; diagnostics for mental illness and resilience to acute/chronic stress. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering.

Parsey, Ramin⁷, Ph.D, University of Maryland at Baltimore: Depression, Dementia and brain imaging technologies such as Positron Emission Tomography. Dept. of Psychiatry.

Plotkin, Joshua, Ph.D., UCLA: Functional microcircuitry of the basal ganglia in normal and disease states. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Puopolo, Michelino¹⁰, Ph.D., University of Ferrara, Italy: Cellular neurophysiology of nociceptor (pain-sensing) neurons. Dept. of Anesthesiology.

Riessland,Markus, Ph.D., University of Cologne, Germany: Cellular senescence and its contribution to ageing and neurodegenerative disorders. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Shelly, Maya, Ph.D., 2004, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel: Molecular mechanisms of neuronal development, specification, and migration, during embryonic development and in neurological disorders. Establishment of axon/dendrite during neuronal development. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Sher, Roger, Ph.D, : Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neurodegeneration neurodegeneration. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Shrestha, Prerana, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, Cellular/molecular mechanisms of learning. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Sirotkin, Howard, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Molecular genetics of vertebrate neural patterning, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Smaers, Jeroen, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK:  Macroevolutionary study of the brain. Dept. of Anthropology.

Smith, Steven¹, Ph.D.: Structural Biology. Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Solomon, Irene C.⁶, Ph.D., 1994, University of California, Davis: Neural control of respiratory motor output and fast oscillatory rhythms.

Tang, Shao-Jun, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Molecular, cellular, and circuitry mechanisms in pain pathogenesis. Dept. of Anesthesiology

Tsirka, Styliani-Anna (Stella) E.⁵, Ph.D., 1989, University of Thessaloniki: Neuronal-microglial interactions in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. Dept. of Pharmacology

Van Snellenberg, Jared, Ph.D. Columbia University, Neuropsychiatric disorders and addiction. Dept. of Psychiatry.

Wollmuth, Lonnie, Ph.D., 1992, University of Washington: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Xiong, Qiaojie, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University: Neural mechanisms of learning and memory. Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Zhu, Donghui ‘Don’, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia. Aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Faculty affiliated with the Program in Neuroscience

Albeanu, Dinu Florin, Ph.D. Harvard University.

Borniger, Jeremy, Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Cheadle, Lucas, Ph.D., Yale University.

Hou, Helen, Ph.D., Harvard University.

Koulakov, Alexei, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Li, Bo, Ph.D., The University of British Columbia.

Shea, Stephen, Ph.D., The University of Chicago.

Tollkuhn, Jessica, Ph.D., University of California San Diego.

Van Aelst, Linda, Ph.D. Catholic University of Leuven.

Zador, Anthony, MD Ph.D., Yale University.