Integrative Biology-Neuroscience Concentration Program Faculty

Name	Area of Emphasis	Institution
Anderson, Rindy	Behavioral ecology, communication, cognition, sexual selection	FAU College of Science
Assis, Raquel	Data science applications in evolutionary genomics	FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Barenholtz, Elan	Psychophysical and computational approaches to visual and multisensory perception and recognition.	FAU Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Bidaye, Salil	Neuronal control of locomotion	Max Planck Florida Institute
Blakely, Randy D.	Synaptic Genetics, Neurochemistry and Pharmacology; Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Transporter Proteins and Psychoactive Drugs	FAU Brain Institute
Bolton, M. McLean	Disorders of neural circuit function	Max Planck Florida Institute
Carvelli, Lucia	Molecular mechanisms of drug addiction; pharmacology and physiology of dopaminergic synapses	FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Claiborne, Brenda	Neuronal development in human hippocampal formation and learning in aged individuals	FAU College of Science
Davis, Ronald L.	Molecular and cellular basis for learning; diseases that affect learning and memory	The Scripps Research Institute
Dawson-Scully, Ken	Neurobiology of cellular stress and neuroprotection using live cell imaging, electrophysiology and behavior genetics	Nova Southeastern University
Duboue, Erik	Effects of early stress on brain circuitry and function and the etiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Fields, Gregg B.	Extracellular matrix biochemistry, synthetic protein design and construction	FAU Chemistry and Biochemistry; Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Fitzpatrick, David	Functional organization and development of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, neural basis of visual perception	Max Planck Florida Institute
Fontenas, Laura	Developmental neurobiology, glia - from neural precursors to myelinating cells, and nervous system transition zones	FAU College of Science
Ghoraani, Behnaz	Biomedical signal analysis, data science, machine learning, deep learning, long-term and continuous health monitoring, remote and personalized therapeutic management, Cardiac electrophysiology, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease	FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Godenschwege, Tanja	Molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurodevelopment, cellular basis of neurological disorders and drug discovery	FAU College of Science
Grant, Patrick	Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics	Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Guthrie, Kathleen	Neurobiology	Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Hahn, William	Deep learning neural networks, sparse modeling, compressed sensing, adversarial networks, and reinforcement learning models of brain function.	FAU Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Hallstrom, Jason	Sensing systems, data management, affective computing, software engineering	FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Hansen, Carl	Understanding G-protein mediated signaling inputs regulating angiogenesis	FAU College of Science
Inagaki, Hidehiko	Neural dynamics and cognitive functions	Max Planck Florida Institute
Isgor, Ceylan	Neuromorphological, behavioral and molecular consequences of chronic, variable stress during peripubertal-juvenile period in rats	Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Isom, Daniel	pH regulation of cell signaling, drug discovery, informatics	Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami
Ja, William	Molecular genetics of aging, behavior and disease	The Scripps Research Institute
Jia, Kailiang	Molecular regulation of aging	FAU College of Science
Kelso, Scott	Mechanisms of self-organization underlying the coordination of brain and behavior.	FAU Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Khamoui, Andy	Use of pre-clinical mouse models and human subjects to study cancer cachexia, skeletal muscle biology, exercise physiology, and mitochondrial function in health and disease.	FAU Exercise Science and Health Promotion
Li, Dawei	Genomics and bioinformatics	FAU Biomedical Science
Macleod, Greg	Mitochondrial support of neurotransmission, pH influences on synaptic plasticity, neurotransmission and aging	FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Mari, Frank	Peptides and proteins of marine origin, especially those from predatory venomous mollusks belonging to the genus Conus (cone snails), biochemically and functionally characterize components of interest	Hollings Marine Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Miller, Courtney	Neurobiological underpinnings of memory disorders, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics	The Scripps Research Institute
Milton, Sarah L.	Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, marine turtle physiology	FAU College of Science
Murphey, Rod	Development and degeneration of synapses	FAU College of Science
Page, Damon	Genetic regulation of growth and connectivity in the developing brain, and how cognition is shaped by the interplay of these "hard-wiring" processes and adaptation via plasticity.	The Scripps Research Institute
Pena, Rodrigo	Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning; How different levels of brain organization communicate; Pathological and healthy states; Ion channels, neurons, and networks.	FAU College of Science
Puthanveettil, Sathyanarayanan	Molecular and cellular basis of long-term memory storage and its disorders	The Scripps Research Institute
Rangaraju, Vidhya	Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroenergetics	Max Planck Florida Institute
Robishaw, Janet	Genomics and Precision Medicine	Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Rumbaugh, Gavin	How synaptic proteins actively contribute to memory formation and storage	The Scripps Research Institute
Shanbhag, Venkatesh	Organic Synthesis, Bio-active molecules, Natural Products	Department of Chemistry and Physics, Nova Southeastern University
Shen, Wen	Neurophysiology, receptor pharmacology, synapsis, glutamate toxicity	Department of Biomedical Science, FAU
Stackman, Jr., Robert W.	Learning and memory	Department of Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, FAU
Stern, Sarah	Neuroscience, Neural Circuits and Behavior, Transcriptomics	Max Planck Florida Institute
Tao, Rui	Neural circuits affected by drug abuse, Psychostimulant-induced hallucinations, Environmental factor-dependent effects of psychostimulants	Department of Biomedical Science, FAU
Telkes, Ilknur	Biomedical signal processing and machine learning, neural markers, neuromodulation implants (e.g., spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation), chronic pain, movement disorders, clinical research, medical technologies	FAU College of Medicine
Toll, Lawrence	Neuropharmacology of opioid and nicotinic receptors with respect to pain and drug abuse	FAU College of Medicine
Van Praag, Henriette	Regulation and function of adult hippocampal neurogenesis	Department of Biomedical Science, FAU
Varela, Carmen	Thalamic circuits and their contribution to the mechanisms of learning.	FAU Psychology
Vertes, Robert	Behavioral neuroscience, functional organization of the brainstem and its role in controlling the activity of the forebrain and neurophysiology of sleep	Department of Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, FAU
Wang, Yingxue	Neuronal mechanisms of episodic memory	Max Planck Florida Institute
Wei, Jianning	Neurodegenerative disorders	Department of Biomedical Science, FAU
Weissbach, Herbert	Effect of oxidative stress on normal and cancer cells	FAU College of Science
West, Lyndon	Discovery of pharmacologically-active metabolites from marine invertebrates, anti-cancer and anti-microbial agents, use of stem cells in developing new drugs for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases	FAU Chemistry and Biochemistry
Wu, Jang Yen	Neurotransmission and brain disorders	Department of Biomedical Science, FAU
Xu, Baoji	How neural circuits are formed, modified, and maintained in the brain	The Scripps Research Institute
Yasuda, Ryohei	Neuronal signal transduction	Max Planck Florida Institute