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Faculty by Research Area

Name Appointment Title Research Areas
Jont Allen Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Brain Plasticity, Computational Neuroscience, Neural Development
Adrienne M. Antonson Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences, Research: Neuroimmunology, Neurodevelopment, Microglia, and Behavior Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development
Benjamin D Auerbach Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Brain Plasticity, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Rashid Bashir Professor, Bioengineering, Research: Nanotechnology, Biosensors, and Tissue Engineering
Diane M Beck Professor, Psychology, Research: Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision Cognitive Neuroscience
Alison M Bell Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Aaron S Benjamin Professor, Psychology, Research: Human Memory, Attention, Metacognition, and Decision-Making
Catherine Alicia Best-Popescu Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Paul Jeffrey Bonthuis Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences, Research: Social Behavior and Epigenetics Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Stephen Allen Boppart Professor, Bioengineering, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research: Neurophotonics, Optogenetics, Biophotonics, and Optical Imaging Neuroengineering
Timothy Wolfe Bretl Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Stephanie Ceman Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Research: RNA Binding Proteins in Learning and Memory Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Jefferson Kar Fai Chan Associate Professor, Chemistry, Research: Aging, Photoacoustic Brain Imaging, and Targeted Drug Delivery
Catherine Christian-Hinman Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Cellular and Circuit Neurophysiology in Neuroendocrinology and Epilepsy Brain Plasticity, Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Hee Jung Chung Associate Director, Neuroscience Program, Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Brain Plasticity, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Neal J Cohen Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Lee DeVille Professor, Mathematics
Ryan Dilger Professor, Animal Sciences, Research: Interdisciplinary Animal Research for Nutrition and Health Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural Development
Florin Dolcos Professor, Psychology, Research: Emotion-Cognition Interactions, Emotional Memory, Emotional Distraction, Emotion Regulation, Social Cognition, Affective Disorders, Resilience Training, and Multimodal Brain Imaging
Sanda Monica Dolcos Research Assistant Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Monica Fabiani Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Kara Federmeier Professor, Psychology
Eva K Fischer Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Kari Foss Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Research: Neuroimaging Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Rebecca (Becky) Fuller Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Computational Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Martha Gillette Neuroscience Program Director, Cell and Developmental Biology Alumni Professor Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity, Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Rhanor Gillette Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Neuroethology and Artificial General Intelligence Computational Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Jozien Goense Associate Professor, Psychology & Bioengineering
Gabriele Gratton Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Howard J Gritton Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences, Research: Systems, Behavioral, and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Claudio F Grosman Professor and Head, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter-Gated Ion Channels Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Joshua M Gulley Professor, Psychology, Research: Intoxicating Drug Use During Adolescence Brain Plasticity, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development
Hee-Sun Han Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Research: Imaging-based Spatial Omics for Neurobiology and Information Processing Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development
Wendy Heller Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Manuel Enrique Hernandez Teaching Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Research Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health, Research: Neuromechanics, Cognition, Aging, Neurological Conditions, and Computational Neuroscience Computational Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
James R Hinman Assistant Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Graham Rowell Huesmann Research Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Fatima T Husain Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
Daniel Hyde Associate Professor, Psychology
Makoto Inoue Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences, Research: Neuroimmunology in Autoimmune, Infectious, and Neurodegenerative Diseases Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Min Jee Jang Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Rodney W Johnson Professor, Animal Sciences
Douglas L Jones Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research: Neural Spike Codes and Auditory System Models
Janice M Juraska Professor, Psychology
Naiman A Khan Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Kyekyoon Kim Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research: Targeted Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Cell Therapy
Hyun Joon Kong Professor Neuroengineering, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Anna V Kukekova Associate Professor
Fan Lam Assistant Professor
Deborah E Leckband Professor
Susan Ellen Leggett Assistant Professor
Xin Li Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Neural Development
Nu-Chu Liang Associate Professor, Psychology Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Daniel Llano Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Computational Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Megan Mahoney Ph.D. Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences, Research: Animal Behavior, Toxicology, Estrogen Signaling, Circadian Rhythms, and Menopause Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Nancy L McElwain Research Professor
Prashant Girdharilal Mehta Professor
Dan Miller Assistant Professor Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity, Computational Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Liviu M Mirica Professor
Dominik Mischkowski Assistant Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience, Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Brian Monson Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Science, Research: Auditory Neurodevelopment and Speech Perception Brain Plasticity, Neural Development
Issam D Moussa Research Professor, Bioengineering, Research: Neurocardiology, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, and Cardiovascular Devices
Raksha Mudar Professor
Steven J Petruzzello Professor Brain Plasticity, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Dominika Pindus Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health, Faculty Member, Neuroscience Program
Lori T Raetzman Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Development
Justin S Rhodes Assistant Director for Student Success, Neuroscience, Professor, Psychology , Research: Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, and Evolutionary Neuroscience
Gene Robinson Swanlund Chair of Entomology, Research: Mechanisms and Evolution of Social Behavior
Sandra Luisa Rodriguez Zas Professor
Edward J Roy Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer
Uwe Rudolph Professor, Comparative Biosciences, Research: Neurobiology of Cognitive Function in Aging and Pathophysiology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Sepideh Sadaghiani Associate Professor, Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
Lili Sahakyan Professor, Psychology, Research: Intentional Forgetting of Unwanted Information and Memory Control
Md Taher Abu Saif Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering Neuroengineering, Neural Development
Susan L Schantz Professor Emerita, Comparative Biosciences, Research: Neurotoxicology, Prenatal Chemical Exposure, and Early Cognitive Development
Nathan E Schroeder Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Neuroscience Program, Associate Professor, Crop Sciences Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Development
Mei Shen Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Research: Cancer, Neurodegeneration, and Chemical Transmission at Synapses
Pengfei Song Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research: Brain Imaging, Functional Ultrasound, and Super-Resolution Imaging Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Andrew Jonathan Steelman Associate Professor, Animal Sciences Brain Plasticity, Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Elizabeth A L Stine-Morrow Professor Emerita Brain Plasticity, Cognitive Neuroscience
Lisa J Stubbs Professor Emerita
Jimeng Sun Professor in Computer Science, Health Innovation Professor in Carle's Illinois College of Medicine Computational Neuroscience
Brad Sutton Professor Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity
Jonathan Sweedler Director, School of Chemical Sciences, James R. Eiszner Family Chair in Chemistry, Professor of Neuroscience Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity, Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Patrick Robert Sweeney Assistant Professor Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Emad Tajkhorshid Professor Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Nien-Pei Tsai Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Excitability, Homeostasis, and Plasticity in Health and Disease Brain Plasticity, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Lav Varshney Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research: Connectomics, Neurocomputing, and Neuroengineering
Yurii A Vlasov Professor Neuroengineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders
Xinzhu Yu Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research: Astrocytes, Neural Circuits, Behavior, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Brain Plasticity, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders, Neural Development, Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Kai Zhang Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Research: Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Functions Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Boxuan Zhao Assistant Professor Neuroengineering, Brain Plasticity, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior, Neural Bases of Disease and Disorders