Victoria Connaughton Associate Professor
Dr. Connaughton’s research interests encompass the disciplines of developmental biology (nervous system development) and neurobiology. Specifically, she is interested in examining the relation between…
Neuroscience Faculty
Stefano Costanzi Associate Professor CAS - Chemistry
Dr. Costanzi's teaching interests mainly focus on the countering of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). His research interests revolve around the computational study of the interac…
Terry Davidson Director of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and Professor CAS - Psychology
Dr. Davidson earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Michigan State University and earned his Ph.D. with a specialization in Learning and Memory at Purdue University before completing his pos…
Katie DeCicco-Skinner Associate Professor and Department Chair, Biology CAS - Biology
Jeffrey Kaplan Professor CAS - Biology
Kaplan’s lab studies bacterial biofilms, which are thin, slimy layers of bacteria that grow on surfaces exposed to a liquid. Biofilms grow on rocks in streams, inside pipes, on teeth, and on implanted…
David Kearns Associate Professor CAS - Psychology
Research interests: Learning, behavior, addiction. Recent publications: Kim, J. S., Gunawan, T., Tripoli, C. S., Silberberg, A., Kearns, D. N. (2018). The effect of economy type on demand and prefer…
Monika Konaklieva Associate Professor CAS - Chemistry
Dr. Konaklieva’s research is in the area of exploring different approaches for delaying of microbial resistance. Current projects include computer-aided design and synthesis of novel beta-lactams as w…
Mark Laubach Professor CAS - Biology
I am a neurobiologist interested in goal-directed behavior. My laboratory is focused on the roles of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia in executive control and decision making. Core methods incl…
Anthony Riley Professor CAS - Psychology
Dr. Riley received his undergraduate training at the University of North Carolina and obtained his PhD from the University of Washington. He did a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacology at Dalhousie…
Colin Saldanha Professor CAS - Biology
Hormones are profound modulators of brain structure and function; with influences that span the lifetime of an organism. The muti-faceted and pluripotent neural effects of steroids require that a spec…
Catherine Schaeff Associate Professor CAS - Biology
Dr. Schaeff's training is in behavior and evolutionary biology. Her research interests include behavior, conservation biology, molecular ecology and most recently, human sexual identity – examining th…
Catherine Stoodley Associate Professor CAS - Psychology
Catherine Stoodley is interested in the neuroscience of cognitive development, particularly the role of the human cerebellum in cognition, cognitive development and in neurodevelopmental disorders. Sh…
Bei Xiao Assistant Professor CAS - Computer Science
Dr. Bei Xiao's research focuses on how the human visual system estimate physical properties of objects in our surroundings. Another focus of her research is to apply results from human vision to devel…