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
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
Mark A. Gluck, CMBN; Ph.D., Stanford
Theories of human learning and memory; the neurobiology of learning and
memory; computational neuroscience; adaptive "neural" networks and
their applications; animal learning theory 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
Denis Paré, CMBN; Ph.D., Quebec
Neurophysiology of emotions and memory 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
Bart Krekelberg, CMBN; Ph.D., London
Neurophysiology;
functional imaging; psychophysics; computational neuroscience; eye
movements and perception; adaptation; motion perception
Assistant Professors:
Tibor Koos, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
Optogentic studies of striatal function
Tracy Tran, FAS-N; Ph.D., UCLA
Molecular mechanisms governing nervous system patterning
Elizabeth Tricomi, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Influences of affective information on cognitive processing
Michael Shiflett, FAS-N; Ph.D., Cornell
Neuroscience of adaptive behavior
