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. Neural circuit organization and function.
- Moses Chao, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Mechanisms of neurotophin receptor signaling.
- Dmitri Chklovskii, Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Computation and connectomics.
- SueYeon Chung, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science & Flatiron Institute. Computational neuroscience.
- 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, Director & Professor, 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, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Sensory functions of the hand.
- Paul Glimcher, Professor, 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.
- Un Jung Kang, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neural plasticity and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease.
- Roozbeh Kiani, Associate 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.
- Joseph LeDoux, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Memory and emotion.
- 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. Cellular and circuit mechanisms of motor behaviors.
- Wei Ji Ma, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Perception, working memory, and decision making.
- 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, Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Biophysics of sensory processing.
- Simon Peron, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Structure and function of cortical representations.
- 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.
- Dmitry Rinberg, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Sensory information processing in the behaving animal.
- Niels Ringstad, Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Neurochemical signaling pathways modulating behaviors.
- John Rinzel, Professor, Center for Neural Science. Biophysics and theoretical foundations of neural computations.
- 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, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Learning & memory, neural circuits, and computation.
- David Schneider, Assistant Professor, Center for Neural Science. Sensory and motor circuits for listening and learning.
- David Schoppik, Assistant 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.
- Nicolas Tritsch, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute. Synaptic mechanisms underlying control of movement.
- Richard Tsien, Chair & 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.
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, Assistant 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.
- Esteban Mazzoni, Associate Professor, Biology. Differentiation of stem cells into disease relevant neuronal cell types.
- 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.