Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Program in Neuroscience
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
cannabinoid pharmacology; neurobiochemistry; lipidomics
Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Associate Department Chair
Eliot S. Hearst Professor
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
comparative cognition; episodic memory; metacognition; time perception; circadian rhythms; learning and memory; disorders of memory; Alzheimer's
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory; neurobiology of behavior; Excitable membranes/ion channels/cellular neurophysiology; neurobiology of nicotine abuse and addiction; molecular bases of signal transduction; computational models of neuronal excitability; neuroimmune disorders; neurodegeneration; hallucinogens
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
electrophysiological; neuroanatomical; neurochemical analyses of adult neural plasticity in cortical and subcortical structures, particularly with respect to the contributions of gonadal and stress hormones; Neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and behavioral analyses of animal models of autism; Secondary interests include sensory system development and comparative neuroanatomy
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
cellular and system neuroscience; wiring principles of cortical networks, GABAergic interneurons, synaptic inhibition, circuit operation in neural networks, oscillatory activities in cortical structures; hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex; neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, optogenetics
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Naus Family Chair in Addiction Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
signaling pathways and brain circuits involved in substance abuse, the endocannabinoid system, synaptic plasticity, super-resolution imaging/microscopy
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jack and Linda Gill Scholar, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
developmental neurobiology; the use of transgenic mouse models to study nervous system function
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
development of neural circuitry; particularly in the neocortex; activity-dependent remodeling and mis-wiring in autism; dyslexia, schizophrenia, and congenital epilepsy; neuroprotective strategies
Distinguished Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Institute for Neuroscience
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
regulation of CB1 cannabinoid receptor signaling; regulation of endocannabinoid production; role of endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity; novel cannabinoid receptors, medical device development
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
systems neuroscience; learning and memory; circuits; high-density electrophysiology; optogenetics; neural rhythms; theta and gamma rhythms; acetylcholine; neuromodulation; neural information processing; modeling of neural circuits; computational neuroscience
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**
Research Interests
molecular cellular basis of neuronal plasticity; learning and memory; functions of receptor tyrosine kinases in the central nervous system signal transduction; developmental neurobiology; neuronal and glial differentiation; functional roles of cell adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix proteins in morphogenesis
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