Faculty and Labs in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Name Title Research Interests e-mail
Blurton-Jones, Matthew Assistant Professor Neural stem cells, neural development, and the molecular basis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease mblurton@uci.edu
Marsh, Samuel Graduate Student smarsh1@uci.edu
Chen, Wesley Graduate Student wesleywc@uci.edu
Goldberg, Natalie Graduate Student ngoldber@uci.edu
Busciglio, Jorge A. Associate Professor Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, neurodegeneration jbuscigl@uci.edu
Coskun, Pinar Assistant Project Scientist pinar@uci.edu
Torres, Maria Graduate Student mdtorres@uci.edu
Vogler, Emily Graduate Student voglere@uci.edu
Cahill, Larry Professor Neural mechanisms of emotionally influenced memory lfcahill@uci.edu
Ertman, Nicole Graduate Student nertman@uci.edu
Nielsen, Shawn Graduate Student nielsens@uci.edu
Petasis, Ourania Graduate Student opetasis@uci.edu
Ferree, Nikole Postdoctoral Fellow nferree@uci.edu
Cohen-Cory, Susana Professor Synapse formation in the developing nervous system; in vivo imaging studies scohenco@uci.edu
Marshak, Sofia Associate Specialist smarshak@uci.edu
Nagel, Anastasia Graduate Student nagela@uci.edu
Cotman, Carl Professor (split appointment with Neurology) Alzheimer's disease, apoptosis, successful aging, dementia, neurodegeneration, apopotosis, amyloid cwcotman@uci.edu
Carlos, Anthony Graduate Student ajcarlos@uci.edu
Smith, Erica Graduate Student edsmith@uci.edu
Cramer, Karina Associate Professor Nervous system development; development of auditory brainstem pathways cramerk@uci.edu
Allen, Michelle Graduate Student mallen1@uci.edu
Dinh, Minhan Graduate Student mldinh@uci.edu
Koppel, Scott Laboratory Staff skoppel@uci.edu
Tjia, Michelle Laboratory Assistant
Fortin, Norbert Assistant Professor Learning and memory, electrophysiology, and the hippocampus norbert.fortin@uci.edu
Allen, Timothy Postdoctoral Fellow allenta@uci.edu
Feinberg, Leila Junior Specialist leilamf@uci.edu
Frostig, Ron Professor Function, structure, and plasticity of sensory cortex rfrostig@uci.edu
Bee, Cynthia Specialist cbee@uci.edu
Davis, Melissa Graduate Student mfdavis@uci.edu
Hancock, Aneeka Graduate Student hancocka@uci.edu
Jacobs, Nathan Graduate Student nathanj@uci.edu
Lay, Christopher Postdoctoral Fellow layc@uci.edu
Zhou, Yi Postdoctoral Fellow yzhou6@uci.edu
Gall, Christine Professor (joint appointee) Neuroanatomy, in situ hybridization, molecular neurobiology, integrins, neurotrophic factors, neurotrophins, hippocampus cmgall@uci.edu
Gandhi, Sunil Assistant Professor Plasticity in the neural circuits of the mammalian visual system spgandhi@uci.edu
Hathaway, Ethan Graduate Student ehathawa@uci.edu
Figueroa Velez, Dario Junior Specialist figuerod@uci.edu
Carathedathu, Mathew Student Assistant mcherian@uci.edu
Green, Kim Assistant Professor In-Residence Alzheimer’s disease biology and theraputics kim.green@uci.edu
Neely, Kara Postdoctoral Scholar
Koike, Maya Postdoctoral Scholar maya.koike@uci.edu
Rice, Rachel Graduate Student ricer@uci.edu
Guzowski, John Associate Professor Molecular basis of learning and memory in the mammalian brain john.g@uci.edu
Miyashita, Teiko Assistant Project Scientist tmiyashi@uci.edu
Pevzner, Alex Graduate Student apevzner@uci.edu
Wann, Ellen Graduate Student wanne@uci.edu
czarniawski, Jennifer Postdoctoral Fellow jczernia@uci.edu
Josephson, Robert Professor (Emeritus) Neural control of muscle contraction; muscle contraction kinetics and power output rkjoseph@uci.edu
Kawas, Claudia Professor (split appointment with Neurology) Dementia and Memory Disorders, Neuropsychiatry and Neurobehavior ckawas@uci.edu
Pittman, Sandy Administrative Specialist spittman@uci.edu
Killackey, Herbert Professor, Assoc. Vice Chancellor Developmental neuroanatomy hkillack@uci.edu
LaFerla, Frank Professor Molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative disorders; Presenilins and calcium signaling laferla@uci.edu
Wasserman, Andrea MSO, MIND Research Unit awasserm@uci.edu
Liu, Luter Principal Analyst lliu@uci.edu
Monroe, Angela Assistant to the Dr. LaFerla atmonroe@uci.edu
Castello, Nicholas Graduate Student ncastell@uci.edu
Chabrier, Meredith Graduate Student mchabrie@uci.edu
Medeiros, Rodrigo Postgraduate Researcher rodrigo.medeiros@uci.edu
Baglietto Vargas, David Postgraduate Researcher d.baglietto@uci.edu
Walls, Ken C. Postdoctoral Scholar kwalls@uci.edu
Cheng, David Staff Research Associate dcheng@uci.edu
Moreno, ALexander Student Assistant moreonar@uci.edu
Leon, Michael Professor Olfactory coding mleon@uci.edu
Woo, Cynthia Assistant Project Scientist
Marshall, John Professor Recovery of function after brain injury; cellular factors contributing to neurodegeneration; organization of basal ganglia motor systems jfmarsha@uci.edu
Alaghband, Yasaman Graduate Student yalaghba@uci.edu
O’Dell, Steven Associate Project Scientist sjodell@uci.edu
Hingco, Edna Staff Research Associate ehingco@uci.edu
McGaugh, James Research Professor Neurobiology of learning and memory james.mcgaugh@uci.edu
Collett, Nan Laboratory Assistant nkcollet@uci.edu
Metherate, Raju Professor Neurophysiology, Synaptic physiology of auditory cortex raju.metherate@uci.edu
Mezzasalma, Candace Specialist candace@uci.edu
Intskirveli, Irakli Associate Specialist iintskir@uci.edu
Lazar, Ronit Assistant Specialist rlazar@uci.edu
Levi, Refael Assistant Project Scientist rlevi@uci.edu
Middlebrooks, John Professor (joint appointee) Hearing Research; Neurophysiology; Psychophysics; Auditory Prosthesis; Computational Neuroscience j.midd@uci.edu
Javier, Lauren Graduate Student lkjavier@uci.edu
Yao, Justin Graduate Student justiny1 3@uci.edu
Miledi, Ricardo Distinguished Professor Synaptic physiology and molecular neurobiology; neurotransmitter receptor function rmiledi@uci.edu
Limon Ruiz, Agenor Assistant Project Scientist alimonru@uci.edu
Gallegos-Perez, Jose Luis Postdoctoral Researcher jlgalleg@uci.edu
Reyes-Ruiz, Mauricio Postdoctoral Researcher jreyesru@uci.edu
Nguyen, Mary Student Assistant maryhn@uci.edu
Nicholas, Andrea PSOE Lecturer Neurobiology and Behavior acnichol@uci.edu
Parker, Ian Professor Calcium signaling; second messengers; inositol trisphosphate; confocal microscopy; two-photon microscopy; lasers iparker@uci.edu
Demuro, Angelo Assistant Project Scientist ademuro@uci.edu
Dickinson, George Assistant Project Assistant dickinsg@uci.edu
Smith, Ian Assistant Researcher ismith@uci.edu
Swaminathan, Divya Postdoctoral Scholar dswamina@uci.edu
Soltesz, Ivan Professor (joint appointee) neurophysiology, GABA, hippocampus, plasticity, neurological diseases, epilepsy, trauma, computational modeling, sprouting isoltesz@uci.edu
Sperling, George Distinguished Professor (joint appointee) Empirical studies of human information processing: short-term visual memory systems, attention, visual perception, and 3D object recognition. sperling@uci.edu
Stark, Craig Professor Memory, hippocampus, neuroimaging, amnesia, FMRI cestark@uci.edu
Stark, Shauna Staff Research Associate starks@uci.edu
Boucquey, Veronique Graduate Student vboucque@uci.edu
Huffman, Derek Graduate Student huffmand@uci.edu
Leport, Aurora Graduate Student aleport@uci.edu
Wu, Claudia Graduate Student claudipw@uci.edu
Morris, Andrea Postdoctoral Scholar andrea.morris@uci.edu
Rutledge, Samatha Staff Research Associate rutledgs@uci.edu
Starr, Arnold Research Professor Neurological disorders affecting cognition, sensation and motor behaviors astarr@uci.edu
Steward, Oswald Professor (joint appointee) Recovery of function following damage to the nervous system; and mRNA trafficking osteward@uci.edu
Salgado, Patricia Graduate Student psalgado@uci.edu
Striedter, Georg Professor Behavioral Neuroscience; Evolutionary Developmental Neurobiology; Animal Behavior; Neuroethology gstriedt@uci.edu
McGowan, Luke Graduate Student lmcgowan@uci.edu
Arch Alaama, Roula Lab Assistant
Sumikawa, Katumi Associate Professor Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology; nicotinic cholinergic control of synaptic plasticity; learning and memory and addiction ksumikaw@uci.edu
Chen, Kang Assistant Specialist kangc@uci.edu
Su, Hailing Assistant Specialist hailings@uci.edu
Galvez, Bryan Graduate Student bgalvez@uci.edu
Kleeman, Elise Graduate Student ekleeman@uci.edu
Nakauchi, Sakura Postdoctoral Scholar snakauch@uci.edu
Gross, Noah Postdoctoral Scholar ngross@uci.edu
Tenner, Andrea Professor (joint appointee) Immunity; Inflammation; Complement; Alzheimer's Disease; Cell Surface Receptors; Phagocytosis atenner@uci.edu
Cole, Tracy Graduate Student colet@uci.edu
Thompson, Leslie Professor (split appointment with Psychiatry & Human Behavior) Human genetic disorders lmthomps@uci.edu
King, Alvin Postdoctoral Fellow alvin.king@uci.edu
Casale, Malcolm Project Scientist mcasale@uci.edu
Overman, Julia Graduate Student overmanj@uci.edu
Ochaba, Joseph Graduate Student jochaba@uci.edu
Weinberger, Norman Research Professor Neurobiology of learning and memory, cortical plasticity, auditory system, cholinergic function, music nmweinbe@uci.edu
Miasnikov, Alexandre Associate Specialist amiasnik@uci.edu
Hui, Gabriel Associate Specialist huig@uci.edu
Weinberger, Jacquie Project Assistant jdweinbe@uci.edu
Elias, Gabriel Graduate Student gelias@uci.edu
Chen, Jemmy Staff Research Associate jemmyc@uci.edu
Wood, Marcelo Associate Professor Molecular basis of learning and memory mwood@uci.edu
Matheos, Dina Assistant Project Scientist dmatheos@uci.edu
Rogge, George Postdoctoral Scholar smcquown@uci.edu
Bieszczad, Kasia Postdoctoral Scholar kbies@uci.edu
Malvaez, Melissa Postdoctoral Scholar mmalvaez@uci.edu
Vogel-Cierna, Annie Graduate Student a.ciernia@uci.edu
White, Andre Graduate Student aowhite@uci.edu
Yahr, Pauline Professor (Emeritus) Behavioral neuroendocrinology; neuroendocrine control of male social behaviors; sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior piyahr@uci.edu