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Faculty

J. Jay Gargus, MD, PhD
Center for Autism Research and Translation Director
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics and Division of Human Genetics, Pediatrics

Dana W. Aswad, PhD
Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Pierre Baldi, PhD
Chancellor's Prof/Dir. Inst. for Genomics & Bioinformatics Computer Science

Donald R. Blake, PhD
Professor, Chemistry

Matt Blurton-Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Maureen E. Bocian, MD
Professor, Div. of Genetics

Michael D. Cahalan, PhD
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Olivier Civelli, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson Chair of Neuropharmacology School of Medicine

Susana Cohen-Cory, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Karina S. Cramer, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Joseph H. Donnelly. MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Peter J. Donovan, PhD
Professor, Biological Chemistry, Developmental & Cell Biology

Joseph Dynes, PhD
Associate Project Scientist, Physiology & Biophysics

Magda S. El Zarki, PhD
Professor, Computer Science

Dave Ferguson
Researcher

Rachel Nguyen 
Associate Director & Researcher

Lisa A. Flanagan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Pamela L. Flodman, MS
Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Christine M. Gall, PhD
Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurobiology & Behavior

Sunil P. Gandhi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior

Kelvin W. Gee, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology

Jean G. Gehricke, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics

Wendy A. Goldberg, PhD
Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior

Alan L. Goldin, MD, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics­­­

Richard J. Haier, PhD
Prof Emeritus of Psychology & Pediatric Neurology

Gillian R. Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Informatics

Todd C. Holmes, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair, Physiology and Biophysics

Lan Huang, PhD
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Kwang M. Jung, PhD
Assist Adjunct Prof, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Virginia E. Kimonis, MD
Professor, Pediatrics

Frithjof Ralf Kruggel, MD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Kimberley D. Lakes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Julie Lauterborn, PhD
Associate Researcher, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Michael Leon, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Mark Lerner, MD
Professor, Pediatrics

Gary Lynch, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Fabio Macciardi, MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular Psychiatry

Larry Marsh, PhD
Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology

Diane K. O'Dowd, PhD
Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Kathryn Osann, PhD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Medicine

Andrew Palermo
Assistant Professor, Arts-Drama

Ian Parker, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Daniele Piomelli, PhD, PharmD
Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Sabrina E.B. Schuck, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Ian Smith, PhD
Associate Professional Researcher, Neurobiology & Behavior

Moyra Smith, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics

Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Ramesh Srinivasan, PhD
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science

Robin Steinberg-Epstein, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Oswald Steward, PhD
Reeve-Irvine Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Larry Stein, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology

Francesca Tombola, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Theo G.M. van Erp, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Zhiwei Wang
Specialist, Pharmacology

John Weiss, PhD
Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Katrine Whiteson, PhD
Assistant Porfessor, Department Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Marcelo Wood, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior

Xing Xia, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy

Albert Zlotnik, PhD.
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Medha M. Pathak, PhD. 
Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Robert F. Hunt, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology