Faculty
Name |
Title |
Contact |
Description |
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Adams, Michael E. Ph.D. | Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program; Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology and Entomology | Phone: 951-827-4746 Fax: 951-827-3087 michael.adams@ucr.edu |
Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins. |
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology |
Phone: 951-827-5849 garret.anderson@ucr.edu
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The molecular roles of Adhesion G-Protein Coupled Receptors (aGPCRs) in controlling the specificity of neural circuit assembly. Using genetic mouse models, coupled with viral circuit tracing methods, synaptic electrophysiology in acute brain slices, immunohistochemistry and imaging, we seek to understand how aGPCRs shape the patterning of neural circuits. | |
Professor, Department of Psychology |
Phone: 951-827-4383, |
Interactions of the visual and vestibular systems in determining spatial orientation. Computational models of high level visual processing; motion perception, object and scene perception. | |
Bennett, Ilana, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Phone: 951-827-2546 ilana.bennett@ucr.edu |
Neural substrates of learning and memory and the effect of aging on these brain-behavior relationships using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). |
Binder, Devin K. Ph.D., M.D. | Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-2224 devin.binder@ucr.edu | Glial cell research, epilepsy, and brain and spinal cord injury, and optical methods to interrogate the brain |
Burgess, Curt Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Psychology |
Phone: 951-827-2392, |
Neuropsychology of language and memory; computational models of high-dimensional memory; connectionist models of language and memory; psycholinguisitcs. |
Carson, Monica J. Ph.D. | Professor and Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences | Phone: 951-827-6089, FAX: 951-827-5504 monica.carson@ucr.edu |
The role of microglia in the developing and adult CNS during health or neurodegenerative and autoimmune disease. |
Chiarello, Christine Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-5096, Fax: 951-827-3985 chrisc@galaxy.ucr.edu |
Left and right hemisphere contributions to language comprehension in the normal brain; neural bases of word meaning interpretation; mechanisms of cerebral hemispheric interaction. |
Cho, Jun-Hyeong Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology |
Phone: 951-827-2560, |
Investigate neural circuit mechanisms of emotional learning and memory using electrophysiological and optogenetic approaches in fear conditioning model. We also study the role of long-term synaptic plasticity in the formation, extinction and modulation of conditioned fear memory. |
Coss, Djurdjica Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-7791 djurdjica.coss@ucr.edu |
To understand hypothalamic and pituitary regulation of reproductive function and fertility. Elucidating how the neuroendocrine cell in the hypothalamus integrates the panoply of metabolic cues, food intake, stress, peripheral hormonal signals and environmental insults, to regulate development, puberty and reproductive cycle that are necessary for the survival of the species. |
Curras-Collazo, Margarita C. Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-3960, Fax: 951-827-2966 margarita.curras@ucr.edu |
Neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, excitotoxicity. Identification and function of glutamate receptor subunits in neuroendocrine cells, physiological regulation of glutamate receptor expression, mechanisms underlying neuroprotection. |
Currie, Scott N. Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-2411, Fax: 951-827-2966 currie@mail.ucr.edu |
Network, synaptic and cellular mechanisms that control locomotion in the vertebrate spinal cord and brainstem. |
Dahanukar, Anupama A. Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Entomology | Phone: 951-827-5742, Fax: 951-827-3086 anupama.dahanukar@ucr.edu |
Molecular, genetic and neuroanatomical analysis of Drosophila taste system function and taste-guided behaviors. |
DiPatrizio, Nicholas V. Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-7252 nicholas.dipatrizio@ucr.edu | Elucidating the complex integrative neurobiology and physiology that controls food reward, sensory processing, and energy balance. |
Ethell, Iryna M. Ph.D. | Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-2186, Fax: 951-827-7121 iryna.ethell@ucr.edu |
Studies of the molecular mechanisms that trigger dendritic spine formation. |
Fiacco, Todd A. Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-7865, Fax: 951-827-3087 todd.fiacco@ucr.edu |
Role of astrocytes in physiology and pathology. |
Ford, Byron D. Ph.D | Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-2473, byron.ford@ucr.edu |
Understanding mechanisms and development of treatment strategies for stroke and neuroinflammatory disorders. |
Garcia-Castro, Martin Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-7251 Fax: martin.garcia-castro@ucr.edu |
Our laboratory focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the formation and differentiation potential of neural crest cells (NCCs). |
Garland, Jr., Theodore Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biology | Phone: 951-827-3524, Fax: 951-827-4286 tgarland@ucr.edu |
Evolution and genetics of behavior and its neural and physiological substrates; early-life epigenetic effects on adult behavior; control of motivation for voluntary exercise; exercise physiology; selection experiments and experimental evolution; phylogenetic comparative analyses. |
Haga-Yamanaka, Sachiko Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology |
Phone: 951-827-3560,
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Hormones and pheromones: Internal and external control of animal behaviors. We focus on the mouse vomeronasal sensory system that detects and discriminates specific molecular cues provided as pheromones. Neurons in the brain that respond to pheromone signals express a variety of hormone receptors, suggesting a potential mechanistic link between the pheromone-processing circuitry and endocrine hormones. Using an in vitro cell culture system and in vivo mouse models, our lab aims to elucidate how the brain controls behavior through integration of external sensory signals and internal hormonal state. |
Hickmott, Peter W. Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-7308, Fax: 951-827-3985 peter.hickmott@ucr.edu |
Organization and plasticity of cortical circuits. |
Higham, Timothy Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | Phone: 951-827-3652, Fax: 951-827-4286 thigham@ucr.edu |
My research is aimed at understanding how animals function mechanically and physiologically in their environment, by integrating biomechanics, muscle physiology and functional morphology to elucidate the mechanisms underlying locomotion and feeding in vertebrates |
Hu, Xiaoping Ph.D |
Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering |
Phone: 951-827-2925 Fax: 951-827-6416 xiaoping.hu@ucr.edu |
In addition to developing MRI techniques for imaging brain structure, function, and connectivity, we are working on discovery of imaging biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease, bio-inspired computing, neuroimaging-guided modeling of brain function and behavior, and understanding the function and circuitry of the locus coeruleus. |
Huffman, Kelly Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-4805, Fax: 951-827-3985 kelly.huffman@ucr.edu |
Molecular development and evolution of the neocortex. Using a molecular, genetic and neuroanatomical approach to study neocortical development and regionalization. |
Korzus, Edward Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-4992, Fax: 951-827-3985 edward.korzus@ucr.edu |
Neurobiological bases of memory. We investigate the functional organization of the brain circuitry and its specific role in the ability to keep memories distinct and resistant to confusion |
Martins-Green, Manuela Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-2585, Fax: 951-827-4286 manuela.martins@ucr.edu |
The role of chemokines in wound healing and tumor development. |
Michalska, Kalina Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-5209, kalina.michalska@ucr.edu |
Neurodevelopmental trajectories of emotion understanding in typically developing children and youth with dysregulated emotions, including children with disruptive behavior problems and those with social anxiety. Variation in maternal parenting and links with mechanisms of risk for atypical socioemotional functioning in early childhood. |
Morton, Thomas H. Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Chemistry | Phone: 951-827-4735, Fax: 951-827-4713 thomas.morton@ucr.edu |
Molecular mechanisms of receptor-ligand interactions; olfactory transduction in vertebrate species and its relationship to enzymatic catalysis. |
Murn, Jernej, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry |
Phone: 951-827-4267, |
We study the molecular basis of neuronal lineage commitment and function by focusing on RNA-binding proteins and chromatin regulators. We also combine optogenetics, bioengineering and gene editing to study neuron-to-neuron communication and to understand how disruption of gene regulation contributes to neurological disorders |
Peters, Megan, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department |
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We combine neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, ECoG), computational modeling, brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS). and machine learning to understand how perception, awareness/consciousness, and computations of uncertainty are accomplished in humans and animals. |
Ray, Anandasankar, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Entomology; Director, Center for Disease Vector Research | Phone: 951-827-5998, Fax: 951-827-3086 anand.ray@ucr.edu |
We use Drosophila as a model to study the molecular and neuronal basis of odor coding; mechanisms of patterning and development in sensory neurons; and mapping of neural circuitry in the central nervous system. |
Razak, Khaleel, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone and Fax: 951-827-5060 khaleel@ucr.edu | Sensory system development and plasticity, echolocation and sound localization behaviors, recovery from brain injury. |
Riccomagno, Martin M. Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-2010 Fax: 951-827-3087 martin.riccomagno@ucr.edu |
Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying brain circuit formation and refinement, with particular emphasis on neuronal pruning events. |
Santhakumar, Viji Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-4682 Fax: 951-827-3087 vijayalakshmi.santhakumar@ucr.edu |
Our research focus is to determine how connectivity and modulation of inhibitory circuits shapes emergent network behavior in the normal brain and in diseases. Our work combines slice and in vivo electro- and opto-physiology with computational modeling of networks to gain an in depth understanding of how inhibitory neuronal circuits, neuro-immune interactions and adult neurogenesis contribute to epilepsy and behavioral deficits after brain injury and prolonged seizures. |
Saltzman, Wendy Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biology | Phone: 951-827-6356, Fax: 951-827-4286 wendy.saltzman@ucr.edu |
Behavioral neuroendocrinology; social control of reproductive and endocrine function; parental behavior. |
Seitz, Aaron Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: and Fax: 951-827-5060 aaron.seitz@ucr.edu | Neural mechanisms that allow for, stabilize, and consolidate, sensory learning. Methods of psychophysics, neuroimaging (EEG and fMRI) and computational neuroscience. |
Stanley, B. Glenn Ph.D. | Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology; Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology |
Phone: 951-827-5625 |
Neuronal control of eating behavior, disturbances of eating behavior, and neurotransmitters. |
Stavropoulos, Katherine Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education |
Phone: 951-827-5238 katherine.stavropoulos@ucr.edu |
Understanding neural correlates of the reward system in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as well as broader topics in social cognitive neuroscience. Heterogeneity observed in individuals with ASD, and how these differences can be explained using neuroscience techniques. |
Sun, Shu-Wei (Richard) Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor, Basic Science and Radiation Medicine, Loma Linda University | Phone: 909-558-7115 richard.sun@ucr.edu |
Using high field animal MRI to investigate CNS neurodegeneration, inflammation, and demyelination to better understand Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease. Especially interested in characterizing the functional and structural profiles of degeneration in the visual system. |
Tiwari-Woodruff, Seema Kaushalya Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-7819 seema.tiwari-woodruff@ucr.edu |
Dr. Tiwari-Woodruff’s laboratory research is focused on understanding the molecular events involved in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection of the demyelinating central nervous system. |
Willits, Jon A., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Phone: 951-827-3897 jon.willits@ucr.edu |
Computational Neuroscience, Neuro-Cognitive Development, Computational Models and Behavior Experiments of Human Learning and Memory. |
Wilson, Emma Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-4328 Fax: 951-827-5504 emma.wilson@ucr.edu |
Immune responses in the CNS during infection with Toxoplasma gondii. |
Wu, Rachel Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Phone: 951-827-5269 |
Unifying cognitive development and cognitive aging theories via studies on attention and learning interactions across the lifespan using EEG and eye-tracking. |
Yamanaka, Naoki Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Disease Vector Research | Phone: 951-827-5253 Fax: 951-827-3086 naoki.yamanaka@ucr.edu |
Developmental transition of insect behaviors regulated by neuroendocrine signaling. |
Yang, Hongdian Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
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Phone: 951-827-5414 hongdian@ucr.edu www.hyanglab.com
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We employ multi-disciplinary approaches, including state-of-the-art in vivo electrophysiology and calcium imaging, optogenetics, mouse behavior, computational modeling and theory, to link cellular-level physiology to circuit dynamics and network analysis in behaving animals, with the ultimate goal to understand the organizational principles of neuronal ensembles and the basis of information processing by single neurons and neural circuits in health and disease. |
Zagha, Edward, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-5243 edward.zagha@ucr.edu | Sensory and motor systems; understanding the cortical circuit and cellular mechanisms underlying sensory detection and impulse control. |
Zhang, Weiwei Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Phone: 951-827-5242 weiwei.zhang@ucr.edu |
Capacity and precision of visual perception, attention, and memory; Hierarchical Representations in visual memory; Feature-based attention; Cognitive modeling; ERPs; Transcranial Electrical Stimulation. |
Zheng, Sika Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine | Phone: 951-827-7670 sika.zheng@ucr.edu | Gene expression regulation underlying neuronal differentiation and dysfunction. We are focused on RNA processing including alternative pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA decay as well as the roles of long non-coding RNAs in neural development. Defects in these regulatory processes lead to some of neurodevelopmental disorders and mental retardation. |
Zidovetzki, Raphael Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology | Phone: 951-827-5628 Fax: 951-827-4286 raphael.zidovetzki@ucr.edu |
Transmembrane signal transduction; interaction of second messengers with lipid membranes; dynamics of cell surface receptors. |