Degree Program Offered:
Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Joan Morrell, 305 Aidekman Research Center (973-353-3621)
Website:
cmbn.rutgers.edu/behavioral-and-neural-sciences-graduate-program
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
Wilma Friedman, Biology; 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, Psychology; Ph.D., Arizona State
Cognitive sciences; connectionist models; concepts and
categorization
Barry R. Komisaruk, Psychology; Ph.D., Rutgers
Neurophysiological study of pain and neuropharmacological
suppression mechanisms; reproductive behavior in mammals
Bart Krekelberg, CMBN; Ph.D., London
Neurophysiology; functional imaging; psychophysics;
computational neuroscience; eye movements and perception; adaptation; motion
perception
Joan I. Morrell, CMBN; Ph.D., Rochester
Neuroanatomy and neuroendocrinology, especially in relation
to central nervous mechanisms regulating reproductive behavior in mammals
Farzam Nadim, Biology/NJIT; Ph.D., Boston
Neurophysiology and computational neuroscience
Denis Paré, CMBN; Ph.D., Quebec
Neurophysiology of emotions and memory
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, Psychology; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Neural mechanisms of reward learning and decision making;
social and affective neuroscience
Eric Fortune, Biology/NJIT; Ph.D., Chicago
Sensory-motor integration
Jorge Golowasch, Biology/NJIT; Ph.D., Brandeis
Race of ionic currents in neuronal plasticity and
homeostasis
Haesun Kim, Biology; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Cellular and molecular biology of myelinating glial cells
Patrick Shafto, Mathematics and Computer Science; Ph.D., Northeastern
Human learning: social cognitive development, inductive reasoning, pedagogical reasoning, epistemic trust, category/concept learning, Bayesian methods, theory learning/change. Machine learning: social learning, pedagogical reasoning, multiview clustering, predictive databases, Bayesian nonparametrics
Elizabeth Tricomi, Psychology; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Influences of affective information on cognitive processing
Assistant Professors:
Travis E. Baker, CMBN; Ph.D., Victoria
(Canada)
Clinical and cognitive neuroscience; neural and cognitive
mechanisms of goal-directed behavior and memory and their disruption in
clinical populations
Michael Cole, CMBN; Ph.D., Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon
Network mechanisms of
flexible cognitive control
William Graves, Psychology; Ph.D., Iowa
Cognitive neuroscience; language
Gal Haspel, Biology, NJIT; Ph.D., Ben Gurion (Israel)
Neuroethology of locotomotion in the nematode (worm) C.
elegans
Icnelia Huerta-Ocampo, CMBN; National University of Mexico
Principles of operation of subcortical networks and their
interaction with neuromodulatory systems
Tibor Koos, CMBN; Ph.D., Rutgers
Optogentic studies of striatal function
Sylvia Ortiz-Mantilla, CMBN; M.D., Bogota
Febrile seizure; traumatic brain injury in children; hypotonic
child; neuromuscular diseases in children
Vincent B. McGinty, CMBN; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Systems and cognitive neuroscience; neuroeconomics; behavioral electrophysiology
Pierre-Olivier Polack, CMBN; D.V.M., Ph.D., France
Cellular and network mechanisms of attention and sensory
perception
Miriam Rosenberg-Lee, Psychology; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Cognitive and neural processes in developing mathematical ability in humans
Horacio Rotstein, Mathematical Science/NJIT; Ph.D., Technion
Cortical oscillations
Juan Mena Segovia, CMBN; M.D., Ph.D., National University of
Mexico
Principles of operation of subcortical networks and their
interaction with neuromodulatory systems
Michael Shiflett, Psychology; Ph.D., Cornell
Neuroscience of adaptive behavior
Tracy Tran, Biology; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Molecular mechanisms governing nervous system patterning
Professor Emeriti:
Ian Creese, CMBN; Ph.D., Cambridge
Neuropsychopharmacology; dopamine receptors and the roll of
antipsychotic drugs play in receptor changed, specifically looking at
schizophrenia and Parkinson's
Paula Tallal, CMBN; Ph.D., Cambridge
Cognitive neuroscience; experimental psychology;
developmental neuropsycology; language development and disorders; speech
synthesis and perception; learning disabilities and information processing