studies natural genetic and adaptive variation of cognition and related neuronal traits.
Dr. Chunyu Ann Duan
studies how animals make flexible decisions under risk and social influence, and the neural circuit mechanisms underlying these choices.
Dr. Helen Schwerdt
develops and applies new tools to study neurochemical signaling in learning and disease.
Dr. Marta Garrido
studies how the brain makes predictions and adapts to novel or uncertain environments, and how these mechanism are altered by mental illness
Dr. Malavika Murugan
studies social recognition and social decision making, and how social and non-social rewards are differentially encoded in the brain.
Dr. Ilary Allodi
studies the inhibitory/excitatory changes of the neuronal circuits involved in the pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia
Dr. Cláudia Almeida
Dr. Cláudia Almeida studies how neuronal trafficking dysfunction underlies synapse loss during aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Christie Fowler
studies the underlying neurobiology of motivated behaviors related to addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders
Dr. Lakiesha Williams
Dr. Williams uses engineering principles to understand mechanistic changes in the brain resulting from repetitive head impacts.
Dr. Meg Fox
studies the neural mechanisms of substance abuse and stress disorders
Dr. Claire Wyart
studies how internal and external sensory cues are integrated to shape movements and posture during active locomotion, using zebrafish as a model.
Dr. Janine Kwapis
studies the epigenetic and molecular basis of long-term memory, particularly how these mechanisms are altered in the aging brain and how epigenetic regulation of circadian genes might contribute to age-related memory decline.
Dr. Andrea Gomez
studies the role of RNA splicing in synaptic plasticity
Dr. Z Yan Wang
studies the neurobiology of aging, senescence, and death
Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo
studies the molecular and neural mechanisms of pain perception in the amygdala
Dr. Maria Diehl
studies the neural mechanisms of how social interactions influence fear and avoidance behaviors
Dr. Abha Gupta
researches the neurogenetic underpinnings of autism within understudied populations of the broader ASD community
Dr. Silvana Valtcheva
studies the synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying maternal behavior and physiology
Dr. Jessica Verpeut
studies cerebellar influence on neural development and social and cognitive behaviors
Dr. Anne Urai
studies how sensory information, internal states, and experience influence decision-making behaviour