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David Creswell

David Creswell

Professor

David Creswell’s research focuses broadly on understanding what makes people resilient under stress.

Social PsychologyHealth NeuroscienceNeuroscienceHealth PsychologyPsychoneuroimmunology
Alison Barth

Alison Barth

Professor

Alison Barth's work focuses on understanding how experience transforms the properties of neurons to encode memory.

Research DesignNeural PlasticityBiophysicsNeuroscience
Eric Yttri

Eric Yttri

Assistant Professor

Eric Yttri's research goal is to establish how neural circuits lead to these action selection decisions.

Motor CoordinationCognitive Brain FunctionNeural CircuitsNeuroscience
Timothy Verstynen

Timothy Verstynen

Associate Professor and Interim Director, Neuroscience Institute

Timothy Verstynen's research focuses on how our brains allow us to explore our environments and learn from experience.

Cognitive NeuroscienceCognitive ScienceComputationalLearning Science
Aryn Gittis

Aryn Gittis

Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences

Aryn Gittis studies neural circuits in a multifunctional brain region that plays a role in the regulation of movement, learning, and reward.

Movement DisordersOptogeneticsNeuroscienceElectrophysiologyNeural Circuits
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Dean, Mellon College of Science

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham's research explores such issues as how do we make sense of speech and other sounds.

Non-Invasive Brain MonitoringMathematical & Statistical MethodsComputationalCognitive NeuroscienceCharacterization of Neural Circuits
Kenneth Hovis

Kenneth Hovis

Associate Teaching Professor, Mellon College of Science; Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives

As Mellon College of Science Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives, Kenneth Hovis oversees the MCS core education.

Higher EducationBiochemistryScience EducationBiological SciencesNeuroscience
Pulkit Grover

Pulkit Grover

Associate Professor

Pulkit Grover is interested in interdisciplinary research directed towards developing a science of information for making computing systems.

Biomedical SystemsNeuroengineeringComputing SystemsNeuroscienceInformation Theory
Melanie Gainey

Melanie Gainey

STEM Librarian

Melanie Gainey is a trained neuroscientist and spent over 10 years studying the plasticity of neural circuits in sensory cortex.

BioinformaticsLibrary & Information ScienceNeuroscienceOpen ScienceBiology
Kate Hong

Kate Hong

Associate Professor

Kate Hong's research is in understanding the organization and function of neural circuits that underlie sensory-guided behaviors.

Behavioral MethodsCharacterization of Neural CircuitsComputational, Mathematical & Statistical MethodsDiseases & DisordersPhysiological & Anatomical Methods