Faculty
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Faculty Directory
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Mathew Blurton-Jones, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mblurton@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5243
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Jorge A. Busciglio, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jbuscigl@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9075
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Larry Cahill, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: larrycahill333@gmail.com
Phone: 949-824-1937
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Liz Chrastil, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: chrastil@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6267
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Susana Cohen-Cory, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: scohenco@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-8188
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Karina Cramer, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cramerk@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-4211
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Norbert J. Fortin, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: norbert.fortin@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9740
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Christie D. Fowler, PhD
Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cdfowler@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-8363
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Ron Frostig, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: rfrostig@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2883
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Kim Green, PhD
Vice Chair & Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: kngreen@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-3859
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John F. Guzowski, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jguzowsk@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-0259
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Frank LaFerla, PhD
Dr. Lionel and Fay Ng Dean of the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and Distinguished Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: laferla@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5315
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Thomas Edward Lane, PhD
Chancellor’s Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: tlane@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1360
![IMG_1679 IMG_1679](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/IMG_1679-200x250.png)
Audrey Chen Lew, PhD
Associate Professor of Teaching, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: lewac@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5607
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Gyorgy Lur, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: glur@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5436
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Stephen Mahler, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mahlers@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6128
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Bruce McNaughton, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: brucemcn@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9642
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Raju Metherate, PhD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: rmethera@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6141
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Andrea Nicholas, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: acnichol@uci.ed
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Eitan Schechtman-Drayman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: eitans@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-4830
![Craig Stark Craig Stark](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/07/Craig-Stark-200x250.jpg)
Craig E. L. Stark, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cestark@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-4201
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Georg F. Striedter, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: gstriedt@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5228
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Katumi Sumikawa, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: ksumikaw@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5310
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Vivek Swarup, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: vswarup@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-3182
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Marcelo A. Wood, PhD
Chair and Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mwood@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2259
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Michael Yassa, PhD
James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair and Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: myassa@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1687
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Kevin T. Beier, PhD
Email: kbeier@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1083
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Christine M. Gall, PhD
Email: cmgall@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-8652
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Joshua Grill, PhD
Email: jgrill@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5905
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Claudia H. Kawas, PhD
Email: ckawas@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2323
![Albert La Spada Albert La Spada](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/10/Albert-La-Spada-200x250.png)
Albert R. La Spada, PhD
Email: alaspada@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-7407
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John Middlebrooks, PhD
Email: j.middl@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-0119
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Sean Ostlund, PhD
Email: sostlund@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1347
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Oswald Steward, PhD
Email: osteward@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-8908
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Andrea Tenner, PhD
Email: atenner@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-3268
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Leslie Thompson, PhD
Email: lmthomps@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6756
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Thomas J. Carew, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: tcarew@uci.edu
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Herbert Killackey, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: hkillack@uci.edu
![Michael_Leon-headshot-300x300 Michael_Leon-headshot-300x300](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/09/Michael_Leon-headshot-300x300-200x250.jpg)
Michael Leon, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mleon@uci.edu
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John Marshall, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jfmarsha@uci.edu
![Jim McGaugh Jim McGaugh](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/03/mcgaugh-from-Chair-Office-200x250.jpg)
James McGaugh, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: james.mcgaugh@uci.edu
![parker parker](https://neurobiology.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2017/04/parker-200x250.jpg)
Ian Parker, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: iparker@uci.edu
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Michael Derek Rugg, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mrugg@uci.edu
Pauline I. Yahr, PhD
Professor Emerita, Neurobiology and Behavior
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: piyahr@uci.edu