Cristina M. Alberini,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1988, University of Genoa.
Molecular mechanisms of long-term memory.
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Dora Angelaki,
Professor of Neural Science, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (School of Engineering);
Ph.D. 1991, University of Minnesota.
Circuitry and models of navigation and multi-sensory integration.
Chiye Aoki,
Professor of Neural Science and Biology;
Ph.D. 1985, The Rockefeller University.
Neuronal plasticity in neocortex.
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Thomas J. Carew,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1970, University of California, Riverside.
Molecular, cellular, and behavioral architecture of memory formation.
Adam Carter,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2002, Harvard University.
Cellular and circuit neurophysiology.
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Christine Constantinople,
Assistant Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2013, Columbia University.
Circuitry underlying decision-making.
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André A. Fenton,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1998, SUNY Health Science Center.
Molecular, neural, behavioral, and computational aspects of memory.
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Paul W. Glimcher,
Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science, Economics and Psychology;
Ph.D. 1989, University of Pennsylvania.
The neurobiological, economics, and psychological bases of human and animal decision-making.
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Michael J. Hawken,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology;
Ph.D. 1979, University of Otago.
Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception.
David J. Heeger,
Silver Professor; Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1987, University of Pennsylvania.
Functional imaging of the human brain (fMRI), computational neuroscience, vision, attention.
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Roozbeh Kiani,
Associate Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2009, University of Washington.
Decision making, visual shape and motion processing.
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Lynne Kiorpes,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology;
Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington.
Development of visual function.
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Eric Klann,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1989, Medical College of Virginia.
Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
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Joseph E. LeDoux,
University Professor; Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Director, Emotional Brain Institute;
Ph.D. 1977, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Memory and emotion.
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Wei Ji Ma,
Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology;
Ph.D. 2001, University of Groningen.
Perception, working memory, and decision making.
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J. Anthony Movshon,
University Professor; Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology;
Ph.D. 1975, Cambridge University.
Vision and visual development.
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Simon Peron,
Assistant Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2008, Baylor College of Medicine.
Structure and function of cortical representations.
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Bijan Pesaran,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2002, California Institute of Technology.
Neuronal dynamics and decision making.
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Alex D. Reyes,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1990, University of Washington.
Functional interactions of neurons in a network.
John Rinzel,
Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics;
Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
Biophysical mechanisms and theoretical foundations of neural computations.
Dan H. Sanes,
Professor of Neural Science and Biology;
Ph.D. 1984, Princeton University.
Development and plasticity of the auditory system.
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Cristina Savin,
Assistant Professor of Neural Science and Data Science;
Ph.D. 2010, Goethe University Frankfurt.
Learning and memory, neural circuits, probabilistic computation.
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David Schneider,
Assistant Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2012, Columbia University.
Sensory and motor circuits for listening and learning.
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Malcolm N. Semple,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology;
Ph.D. 1981, Monash University.
Neurobiology of hearing.
Robert M. Shapley,
Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences; Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, and Biology;
Ph.D. 1970, The Rockefeller University.
Visual physiology and perception.
Eero P. Simoncelli,
Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science, Mathematics, Data Science and Psychology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
Ph.D. 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Computational neuroscience, visual/auditory perception, statistical image and signal processing.
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Wendy A. Suzuki,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1993, University of California at San Diego.
Organization of memory in the medial temporal lobe and the effects of exercise on learning, memory and cognition.
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Xiao-Jing Wang,
Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1987, Free University of Brussels.
Computational neuroscience, decision-making and working memory, neural circuits.
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Global Distinguished Professor
Yadin Dudai,
Albert and Blanche Willner Family Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science; Sara and Michael Sela Professor of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science;
Ph.D. 1974, The Weizmann Institute of Science.
Mechanisms of learning and memory.
Clinical Faculty
Margarita Kaplow,
Clinical Associate Professor in Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2009, City University of New York.
Developmental neurobiology; circuits and behavior; teaching of neuroscience.
Mark M. Klinger,
Clinical Professor of Neural Science; Director, Office of Veterinary Resources;
V.M. 1986, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Comparative medicine.
Pascal Wallisch,
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2007, University of Chicago.
Visual perception and cognition.
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Associates
Karen Adolph,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1993, Emory University.
Infant learning and development; motor skill acquisition; perceptual exploration.
David Amodio,
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2003, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Social neuroscience; Neural mechanisms of cognitive control and person perception in social contexts.
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Efrain C. Azmitia,
Professor of Biology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1973, The Rockefeller University.
Molecular neuroplasticity.
Jayeeta Basu,
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2007, Baylor College of Medicine.
Synapses, circuits and learning.
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Justin Blau,
Professor of Biology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1996, King's College, London.
Genetic analysis of circadian rhythms.
György Buzsáki,
Biggs Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
M.D. 1974, University of Pecs (Hungary); Ph.D. 1984, Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
Network functions, memory, sleep and oscillations.
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Xinying Cai,
Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Science (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2007, Arizona State University.
Neural basis of economic choice.
Marisa Carrasco,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1989, Princeton University.
Visual perception and attention.
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David Chalmers,
Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1993, Indiana University.
Philosophy of mind and language, metaphysics and epistemology, and the foundations of cognitive science.
Kevin C. Chan,
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2010, University of Hong Kong.
Imaging neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, and neuroplasticity.
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Moses Chao,
Professor of Cell Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1980, UCLA.
Mechanisms of neurotrophin signaling.
Mitchell Chesler,
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and Neurosurgery (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
M.D., Ph.D. 1986, New York University.
Regulation and Modulation of pH in the Nervous System; Neuronal and glial injury.
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Edgar E. Coons, Jr.,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1964, Yale University.
Brain mechanisms of reward.
Clayton E. Curtis,
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota.
Neural basis of spatial cognition.
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Jeremy S. Dasen,
Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
Ph.D. 1999, University of California, San Diego.
Formation and function of circuits in the developing nervous system.
Claude Desplan,
Silver Professor; Professor of Biology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1983, University of Paris.
Molecular genetic analysis of neural differentiation.
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Jeffrey Erlich,
Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Science (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2006, New York University.
Decision making, emotion and neural dynamics.
Jon Freeman,
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2012, Tufts University.
Neuroscience of person perception and social cognition.
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Robert C. Froemke,
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2004, University of California, Berkeley.
Function and plasticity of the central auditory system.
Wen-Biao Gan,
Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1995, Columbia University.
Synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory.
Davi Geiger,
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1990, Massachussests Institute of Technology.
Computational vision and learning.
Marc H. Gershow,
Assistant Professor of Physics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2008, Stanford University.
Perception, decision-making, and learning in neural circuits.
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Todd Gureckis,
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2005, U. T. Austin.
Memory, learning, decision-making in humans.
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Catherine Hartley,
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2011, New York University.
Learning and decision-making across development.
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Biyu Jade He,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2010, Washington University, St. Louis.
Cognitive neuroscience: perception, volition, consciousness.
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Brenden Lake,
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Data Science, and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2014, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Computational cognitive modeling; Building machines that learn and think like people.
Michael S. Landy,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1981, University of Michigan.
Computational approaches to vision.
Yann LeCun,
Silver Professor; Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1987, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
Computational vision and machine learning.
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Li Li,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1999, Brown University.
Human perception and control of self-motion, visuomotor control, eye-hand coordination and virtual reality.
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Sukbin Lim,
Assistant Professor of Neural Science (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2009, New York University.
Modeling and analysis of neuronal systems.
Dayu Lin,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2005, Duke University.
Neural circuits underlying social behaviors.
Michael Long,
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2003, Brown University.
Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying the production of learned motor sequences.
Zhong-Lin Lu,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1992, New York University.
Perception, attention, and perceptual learning; visual disorders; functional imaging of the human brain.
Laurence T. Maloney,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1985, Stanford University.
Mathematical approaches to psychology and neuroscience.
Gary Marcus,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Director, NYU center for Language and Music ;
Ph.D. 1993, MIT.
Cognitive language development.
T. James Matthews,
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1970, Brown University.
Motivation, learning, and hormones.
David W. McLaughlin,
Provost; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1971, Indiana University.
Nonlinear waves; mathematical physics; computational neuroscience.
Denis G. Pelli,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1981, Cambridge University.
Object recognition.
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Charles S. Peskin,
Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1972, Yeshiva University.
Mathematical biology.
David Poeppel,
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Auditory cognition, speech perception and language comprehension.
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Aaditya Rangan,
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Berkeley.
Large-scale scientific modeling and efficient numerical methods.
Carol S. Reiss,
Professor of Biology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1978, City University of New York.
Immune responses to viral infection.
Margaret Rice,
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and Neurosurgery (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1985, University of Kansas.
Neurochemistry and neurophysiology of the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway.
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Dmitry Rinberg,
Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1997, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Oflactory information processing in the behaving animal.
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Niels Ringstad,
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2000, Yale University.
Neuropeptides, biogenic amines and modulated behaviors.
Bernardo Rudy,
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
M.D. 1971, University of Mexico, Mecico City.
How neuronal activity regulates behavior.
Joel S. Schuman,
Professor of Ophthalmology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering (School of Engineering) and Neural Science;
M.D 1984, City University of New York.
Ocular imaging and regenerative ophthalmology.
Michael J. Shelley,
Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1985, University of Arizona.
Applied mathematics, modeling, and large-scale computation; Vision and computational neuroscience.
Shy Shoham,
Professor of Ophthalmology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2001, University of Utah.
Sensory-motor information coding and medical neurotechnology.
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Nicholas Stavropoulos,
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2003, Harvard Medical School.
Molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation and function of sleep.
Greg S. Suh,
Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles.
Neural circuits mediating innate behaviors.
Regina Sullivan,
Research Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Research Scientist, Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research;
Ph.D. 1983, CUNY.
Neurobiology of infant attachment, emotional learning, sensory system development.
Mario Svirsky,
Cohen Professor of Hearing Science, Professor of Otolaryngology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1988, Tulane University.
Cochlear implants, speech perception, and speech production.
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Xing Tian,
Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Sciences (NYU Shanghai), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2008, University of Maryland.
Microcircuits underlying state-dependent regulation of information processing.
Daniel Tranchina,
Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1981, The Rockefeller University.
Information processing in the retina.
Dirk Trauner,
Janice Cutler Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1997, University of Vienna.
Chemical biology, chemical Neuroscience, natural product chemistry and chemical synthesis.
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Nicolas X. Tritsch,
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2010, Johns Hopkins University.
Selection, execution and reinforcement of motor actions in the Basal Ganglia.
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Richard W. Tsien,
Druckenmiller Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science;
D.Phil. 1970, Oxford University.
Mechanisms that link electrical activity to intracellular and intercellular signaling.
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Donald A. Wilson,
Research Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Research Scientist, Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research;
Ph.D. 1983, McMaster University.
Neurobiology of memory and emotion, sensory physiology, olfaction.
Jonathan Winawer,
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 2007, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Visual perception and encoding of neural signals in the human visual pathways.
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Chaim Wollstein,
Professor of Ophthalmology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
M.D. 1989, Hebrew University.
The diagnosis, progression, and pathophysiology of eye disease as revealed by advanced ocular imaging.
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Lai-Sang Young,
Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1978, University of California, Berkeley.
Dynamical systems, statistical physics, computational modeling and theoretical neuroscience.
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Edward B. Ziff,
Professor of Biochemistry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science;
Ph.D. 1969, Princeton University.
Control of glutamate receptors at excitatory synapses.
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Affiliates
Ned Block,
Silver Professor; Professor of Philosophy and Psychology;
Ph.D., Harvard University.
Foundations of consciousness.
Andrew Caplin,
Silver Professor; Professor of Economics;
Ph.D. 1983, Yale University.
Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, The Housing Market, Neurobiology of Decision.
Murray Glanzer,
Professor Emeritus of Psychology;
Ph.D. 1952, University of Michigan.
Memory.
Jerome K. Percus,
Professor of Physics and Mathematics;
Ph.D. 1954, Columbia University.
Mathematical biology.
Andrew Schotter,
Professor of Economics;
Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
Experimental Economics, Microeconomics, Game Theory, Neurobiology of Decision.
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