Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Ian Creese, 316 Aidekman Research Center (973-353-3608)

Website: www.bns.rutgers.edu

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Professors:

Elizabeth D. Abercrombie, CMBN; Ph.D., Princeton
Neurochemistry; plasticity in central monoaminergic systems; mechanism of action of psychotherapeutic drugs and drugs of abuse

April A. Benasich, CMBN; Ph.D., New York
Developmental neuropsychology; language development and disorders, including familial genetic contributions to developmental trajectories; perceptual-cognitive abilities (habituation, recognition memory, auditory temporal processing) and language development in infants at risk for developmental delays; public policy focus on early intervention programs

György Buzsaki, CMBN; M.D., Pecs (Hungary); Ph.D., Budapest
Neural mechanisms of neuronal plasticity and memory and the function of the limbic system; temporal lobe epilepsy models; recovery of the damaged limbic system following brain tissue transplantation; significance of oscillation patterns to generalized epilepsy, Parkinsonian tremor, and mood disorders

Mei-Fang Cheng, FAS-N; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College
Neurobiology of vocal behavior/acoustic communication in the regulation of reproductive behavior in the ring dove

Ian Creese, CMBN; Ph.D., Cambridge
Experimental psychology, physiological psychology, neurochemistry, and neuropharmacology; CNS neurotransmitter and drug receptors: their regulatory mechanisms and role in psychiatric and neurologic diseases

Wilma Friedman, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Neurotrophic factors in development and disease

Stephen J. Hanson, FAS-N; Ph.D., Arizona State
Cognitive sciences; connectionist models; concepts and categorization

Barry R. Komisaruk, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
Neurophysiological study of pain and neuropharmacological suppression mechanisms; reproductive behavior in mammals

Barry E. Levin, UMDNJ; M.D., Emory Medical
Neuropharmacology

Joan I. Morrell, CMBN; Ph.D., Rochester
Neuroanatomy and neuroendocrinology, especially in relation to central nervous mechanisms regulating reproductive behavior in mammals

Farzam Nadim, FAS-N; Ph.D., Boston
Neurophysiology and computational neuroscience

Ralph M. Siegel, CMBN; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Neurophysiology, psychophysics, and computational theory of vision in primates; nonlinear dynamical theory; motion perception

Paula Tallal, CMBN; Ph.D., Cambridge
Experimental psychology; developmental neuropsychology; language development and disorders; psychoacoustics; speech synthesis and perception; neural bases of perception, memory, cognitive, and motor processes

James M. Tepper, CMBN; Ph.D., Colorado
Anatomy and physiology of basal ganglia and dopaminergic systems

Laszlo Zaborszky, CMBN; M.D., Ph.D., Semmelweis (Hungary)
Basal forebrain anatomy with special reference to transmitter interactions and pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disorders

Associate Professors:

Mauricio Delgado, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Neural mechanisms of reward learning and decision making; social and affective neuroscience

Jorge Golowasch, FAS-N; Ph.D., Brandeis
Race of ionic currents in neuronal plasticity and homeostasis

Haesun Kim, FAS-N; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Cellular and molecular biology of myelinating glial cells

Assistant Professors:

Andrew Hill, FAS-N and NJIT; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Neural control of respiration, with an emphasis on neuromodulation and the pathophysiology of respiratory diseases such as sudden infant death syndrome

Elizabeth Tricomi, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Influences of affective information on cognitive processing