Faculty & Research

Sidney Auerbach, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Monoamines
 
Bruce S. Babiarz, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati
PROFESSOR
Mammalian development
 
Joanna Burger, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
PROFESSOR
Animal behavior, avian ecology, behavioral toxicology, ecological risk
 
Qian Cai, M.D., Ph.D.
NIH-SSMU Joint PhD Program
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Autophagy-Lysosomal Regulation in Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration
 
Jianmin Chen, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Alzheimer's Disease
 
Lori Covey, Ph.D.
Columbia University
PROFESSOR
Immunology
 
Robert Crozier, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Mechanisms and development of auditory nerve function
 
Gabriella D'Arcangelo, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal proliferation, differentiation and migration
 
Robin L. Davis, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR
Sensory signaling and ontogeny, as related to molecular mechanisms that regulate auditory function
 
Bonnie Firestein, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
PROFESSOR
Dendrite patterning and synaptogenesis
 
Dunne Fong, Ph.D.
Princeton University
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular cell biology of proteinases and parasitic protozoa
 
Noriko Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Wakayama Medical College, Japan
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Confocal microscopy and quantitative image analysis
 
Martin Grumet, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
PROFESSOR
Neural Stem Cells in Development & Neurological Disorders
 
Ronald P. Hart, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
PROFESSOR
Stem Cells to Study Neurogenesis and Neural Disease
 
Karl Herrup, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR
Alzheimer's Disease
 
Shu Chan Hsu, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking underlying synaptic development and function
 
Arnold Hyndman, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
PROFESSOR
Neural development, the role of transferrin in the development of the chick retina
 
Xinfu Jiao, Ph.D.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR
mRNA turnover mechanism and genetic disorders
 
Megerditch Kiledjian, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR
RNA-Protein interactions in the regulation of mammalian mRNA turnover and genetic disorders
 
Kelvin Y. Kwan, Ph.D.
Harvard University
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Molecular Basis of Hair Cell Regeneration
 
Jiali Li, Ph.D.
Fudan University, China
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Mechanisms of degenerative process in human neurodegenerative diseases
 
Alice Y.C. Liu, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
PROFESSOR
Stress response, cell aging
 
David Margolis, Ph.D.
University of Washington
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
In vivo imaging of neural circuit plasticity
 
Gary F. Merrill, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
PROFESSOR
Mammalian cardiovascular system
 
Kenneth G. Paradiso, Ph.D.
State University of New York, Stony Brook
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Pre- and postsynaptic physiology of the calyx of Held
 
Mark R. Plummer, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE CHAIR
Regulation of synaptic transmission
 
Yi Ren, Ph.D.
Imperial College London
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Macrophage function
 
Melitta Schachner, Ph.D.
Max-Planck-Institut for Biochemistry
PROFESSOR II
Formation of the appropriate connections among nerve cells
 
Martin Schwander, Ph.D.
Friedrich Miescher Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of auditory perception and hearing loss
 
Kathleen Scott, Ph.D.
Yale University
PROFESSOR
Mammalogy, vertebrate paleontology, functional morphology
 
Guy Werlen, Ph.D.
University of Geneva, Switzerland
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Signal transduction in life and death during T lymphocyte development and activation
 
Long-Jun Wu, Ph.D.
University of Science and Technology of China
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Microglia-neuron communication
 
Ping Xie, Ph.D.
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of immune regulation and cancer pathogenesis
 
Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
THE RICHARD H. SHINDELL CHAIR IN NEUROSCIENCE
Spinal cord injury
 

Emeritus Faculty

Morad Abou-Sabe - Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Microbiology, molecular genetics
David T. Denhardt - Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Systems Physiology of Osteopontin
Emmet A. Dennis - Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Parasitology, schistosome immunopathology/epidemiology
Nathan Hart - Ph.D. Harvard University
Cytoskeleton and early development of the zebrafish egg
William Jenkins - Ph.D. University of Maryland
Soil borne nematodes, especially those parasitic on plants, their ecology, pathology, and biology
Charles E. Martin - Ph.D. University of Florida
Regulation, intracellular targeting and function of genes involved in the assembly of membranes at the ER surface
Charles Page - Ph.D. University of Illinois
Motor control in crustaceans
Jamshid Rabii - Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco
Neuroendocrinology. Involvement of biogenic amines and opiates in the CNS regulation of pituitary hormone release