Students in our PhD program have the opportunity to work with over 80 faculty located at our Washington Square and School of Medicine campuses. Below is a selection of our core faculty who have research labs at either the Center for Neural Science (CNS) or the Neuroscience Institute (NI). Additional faculty in a variety of departments are also available as potential mentors and advisors.

Core Faculty

  • Cristina Alberini, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Molecular mechanisms of long-term memory. 
  • Dora Angelaki, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Circuitry and models of navigation and multi-sensory integration.
  • Chiye Aoki, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Neuronal plasticity in neocortex.
  • Jayeeta Basu, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of learning and memory.
  • György Buzsaki, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Rhythms in neural networks.
  • Tom Carew, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Molecular, cellular, and behavioral aspects of memory formation.
  • Adam Carter, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Organization and function of neural circuits.
  • Moses Chao, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Mechanisms of neurotophin receptor signaling.
  • Dmitri Chklovskii, Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Computation and connectomics.
  • Christine Constantinople, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Circuits underlying decision-making.
  • Jeremy Dasen, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Genetic basis of neural circuit formation and function.
  • André Fenton, Professor & Director, Center for Neural Science. Molecular, cellular, and behavioral aspects of memory.
  • Robert Froemke, Professor, Skirball Institute. Synaptic plasticity, cortical dynamics, and social behavior.​
  • Esther Gardner, Research Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Sensory functions of the hand.
  • Paul Glimcher, Professor & Director, Neuroscience Institute. Decision making.
  • Michael Hawken, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception.
  • Biyu He, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Large-scale brain dynamics underlying human cognition.
  • David Heeger, Professor, Center for Neural Science. fMRI, computational neuroscience, vision, attention.
  • Danique Jeurissen, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Neural mechanisms of vision and decision making.
  • Un Jung Kang, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neural plasticity and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease.
  • Roozbeh Kiani, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Decision making, visual shape and motion processing.
  • Lynne Kiorpes, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Development of visual function.
  • Eric Klann, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
  • Eric Lang, Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neuronal basis of motor control.
  • Shane Liddelow, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Astrocytes in health and disease.
  • Dayu Lin, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neural circuits that underlie social behaviors.
  • Michael Long, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neural mechanisms of social communication.
  • Wei Ji Ma, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Perception, working memory, and decision making.
  • Javier Melero, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Organization and assembly of synaptic protein machineries.
  • Alice Mosberger, Assistant Professor, Institute for Translational Neuroscience. Sensorimotor control of arm movements.
  • Tony Movshon, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Vision and visual development.
  • Anders Nelson, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Motor systems, including cortex and spinal cord.
  • Katherine Nagel, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Biophysics of sensory processing.
  • Hannah Payne, Assistant Professor, CNS and Dept. of Psychology. A neuroethological approach to memory and perception.
  • Alex Reyes, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Functional interactions of neurons in a network.
  • Margaret Rice, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neurochemistry and physiology of the nigrostriatal pathway.
  • Erin Rich, Associate Professor, Center for Neural Science. Cognitive control and decision-making.
  • Dmitry Rinberg, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Sensory information processing in the behaving animal.
  • Niels Ringstad, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neurochemical signaling pathways modulating behaviors.
  • Bernardo Rudy, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Organization and function of neocortical circuits.
  • James Salzer, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Interactions between myelin and axons in health and disease.
  • Dan Sanes, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Development and plasticity of the auditory system.
  • Cristina Savin, Associate Professor, Center for Neural Science. Learning & memory, neural circuits, and computation.
  • David Schneider, Associate Professor, Center for Neural Science. Sensory and motor circuits for listening and learning.
  • David Schoppik, Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Balance and general principles of neural circuit function.
  • Robert Shapley, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Visual physiology and perception.
  • Shy Shoham, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Methods for controlling, imaging, and analyzing neural systems.
  • Einar Sigurdsson, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Age-related degenerative diseases.
  • Eero Simoncelli, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Computational neuroscience and visual/auditory perception.
  • Tanya Sippy, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neural circuits underlying reward processing.
  • Wendy Suzuki, Professor, Center for Neural Science. The effects of exercise on learning, memory and cognition.
  • Richard Tsien, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Signaling mechanisms linking activity to cytoplasmic events.
  • Xiao-Jing Wang, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Computational neuroscience, decisions & working memory.
  • Alex Williams, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science & Flatiron Institute. Computational neuroscience.
  • Stephen Zhang, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Biochemical computation in innate behavioral circuits.

Additional Faculty

  • ​Karen Adolph, Professor, Psychology. Behavioral flexibility in infants, children, and adults.
  • Justin Blau, Professor, Biology. Behavioral genetics and neurobiology of circadian rhythms.
  • Nigel Bunnett, Professor & Chair, Molecular Pathobiology. Signaling mechanisms of chronic pain.
  • Marisa Carrasco, Professor, Psychology. Visual perception and attention.
  • Aravinda Chakravarti, Director & Professor, Center for Human Genetics & Genomics. Human molecular genetics.
  • Clayton Curtis, Professor, Psychology. Prefrontal cortex, working memory, and control of action.
  • Claude Desplan, Professor, Biology. Pattern formation and development of the visual system.
  • Gilad Evrony, Assistant Professor, Human Genetics & Genomics. Genomics technologies for neuroscience.
  • Adeen Flinker, Associate Professor, Neurology. Electrocorticography of speech perception and production.
  • Todd Gureckis, Professor, Psychology. Computation and cognition.
  • Catherine Hartley, Associate Professor, Psychology. Learning and decision-making.
  • Michael Landy, Professor, Psychology. Visual perception and the visual control of action.
  • Efrat Levy, Professor, Nathan Kline Institute. Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Marcelo Mattar, Assistant Professor, Psychology.
  • Esteban Mazzoni, Member of the Faculty, Cell Biology. 
  • Tom Neubert, Professor, Cell Biology. Using mass spectrometry to study proteins and their posttranslational modifications.
  • Dimitris Placantonakis, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery. Glioma, stem cells, chromatin organization, adhesion receptors. 
  • David Poeppel, Professor, Psychology. Cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms of speech perception & auditory cognition.
  • Neville Sanjana, Associate Professor, Biology. Genetics and genomics in neuroscience. 
  • Helen Scharfman, Professor, Nathan Kline Institute. Excitability, plasticity and dysfunction in complex disorders.
  • Regina Sullivan, Professor, Nathan Kline Institute. Infant attachment and amygdala-dependent fear learning.
  • Mario Svirsky, Professor, Otolaryngology. Auditory neuroscience.
  • ​Moriah Thomason, Associate Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Cognition and emotion in the human brain. 
  • ​Jessica Treisman, Professor, Skirball Institute. Pattern formation in the Drosophila visual system.
  • Jing Wang, Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Physiology. AMPA receptors in pain and anesthesia.
  • Donald Wilson, Professor, Nathan Kline Institute. Neurobiology of memory and perception, especially olfaction.
  • Jonathan Winawer, Associate Professor, Psychology. Visual perception and cognition.
  • Thomas Wisniewski, Professor, Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s and prion diseases.
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