Faculty in the The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience focus on many areas of research including: cellular and molecular neuroscience; developmental neuroscience; neural circuits, ensembles and connectomes; systems, cognitive and computational neuroscience; and neurobiology of disease. Many faculty have joint appointments in other departments. Specific research topics include the mechanisms of learning and memory, neurotransmitters and growth factors, the visual system, synaptic plasticity, circuits underlying behavior, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, neural stem cells, vestibular system function, motor control, and neuronal death, survival and regeneration and pain. Faculty participate in the Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology training programs.
Director

Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Biological Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Amy J. Bastian, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dwight Edward Bergles, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Seth Blackshaw, Ph.D.
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology

Solange P. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.

Charles Edward Connor, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience

Angelika Doetzlhofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
Professor of Dermatology
Professor of Neurosurgery

Loyal A. Goff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

James J. Knierim, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Neuroscience Training Program
Professor of Neuroscience

Alex Leo Kolodkin, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics

Hyungbae Kwon, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Hey-Kyoung Lee, Ph.D.

David J. Linden, Ph.D.

Ernst Niebur, Ph.D., M.Sc.

Kristina Nielsen, Ph.D.

Daniel H. O'Connor, Ph.D., M.A.

Christopher J. Potter, Ph.D.

Marshall G. Hussain Shuler, Ph.D.

Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., D.Phil., D.Sc.
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Shanthini Sockanathan, D.Phil.
Professor of Neuroscience

Paul F. Worley, M.D.
Professor of Neurology

King-Wai Yau, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology