Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Ravi Mill, Room 212, Aidekman Research Center (973-353-3380) - rdm146@newark.rutgers.edu

Unit Co-Directors: 

Bart Krekelberg ( bart@rutgers.edu ), Room 220, Aidekman Research Center (973-353-3602)

Denis Pare ( pare@rutgers.edu ), Room 204, Aidekman Research Center (973-943-9225)

Website: https://grad.rutgers.edu/academics/graduate-programs/neuroscience 

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Distinguished Professors:

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

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

Professors:

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

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

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

Haesun Kim, Biology; 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; noninvasive brain stimulation; multiple sclerosis

Associate 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

Juan Mena-Segovia, CMBN; M.D., Ph.D., National University of Mexico
Principles of operation of subcortical networks and their interaction with neuromodulatory systems

Pierre-Olivier Polack, CMBN; D.V.M., Ph.D., France
Cellular and network mechanisms of attention and sensory perception

Tracy Tran, Biology; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Molecular mechanisms governing nervous system patterning

Elizabeth Tricomi, Psychology; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Influences of affective information on cognitive processing

Assistant Professors:

Drew B. Headley, CMBN; Ph.D., UC Irvine

Oscillations and population codes in cortical circuits; motor control and effort-based decision making; extracellular recording, slice electrophysiology, and biophysical modeling.

Elizabeth N. Holly, CMBN; PhD, Tufts
Systems Neuroscience; behavioral neuroscience; neurobiology of stress; neural circuitry of goal-directed and decision-making behavior; basal ganglia and dopamine systems.

Tibor Koos, CMBN; PhD, Rutgers
Optogenetic studies of striatal function

Vincent B. McGinty, CMBN; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Systems and cognitive neuroscience; neuroeconomics; behavioral electrophysiology

Miriam Rosenberg-Lee, Psychology; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Cognitive and neural processes in developing mathematical ability in humans

Michael Shiflett, Psychology; Ph.D., Cornell
Neuroscience of adaptive behavior

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

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

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