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One of the great strengths of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience at Duke University is that it provides rich opportunities for undergraduate students to explore neuroscience with faculty from diverse disciplines and perspectives. Accordingly, there are research opportunities with faculty from several individual departments of the various Schools and Colleges that support the brain sciences. The column to the far right in the table below indicates which faculty are currently engaged in research activities that could accommodate participation by an undergraduate student interested in neuroscience.
| Name/Title | Department/School | Research Interests | Research Opps |
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Alberts, Susan - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology |
Behavioral ecology Evolution of behavior Genetics and behavior |
YES |
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Augustine, George J. - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Synaptic circuitry Neural signaling Imaging technologies |
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Barr, Roger - Ph.D. |
Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Pediatrics, School of Medicine |
Action potential initiation Cell to cell connections Models of active membrane |
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Bilbo, Staci - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neuroimmune interactions and behavior Cytokines and Cognition Early-life origins of Risk and Resilience |
YES |
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Browndyke, Jeffrey - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine |
Mild Cognitive Impairment & Dementia Functional & Structural Imaging in Elder Populations Omics of Memory Function & Decline |
YES |
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Cabeza, Roberto - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Memory Emotion Aging |
YES |
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Calakos, Nicole - M.D., Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Synaptic plasticity Basal Ganglia function Dystonia Tourette's and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
YES |
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Cant, Nell - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Auditory system Neuroanatomy |
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Cayirlioglu Volkan, Pelin - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences |
Sensory circuit assembly Olfactory system Epigenetics |
YES |
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Colton, Carol - Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine |
Neuroimmunology Alzheimer's disease Brain redox balanve |
YES |
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De Bellis, Michael - M.D., M.P.H. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine |
PTSD & Childhood Sexual Abuse Functional and Anatomical MRI |
YES |
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Drea, Christine - Ph.D. |
Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences Biology |
Behavioral ecology Sexual differentiation Social behavior |
YES |
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Egner, Tobias - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Cognitive Control Selective Attention Visual Cognition |
YES |
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Feng, Guoping - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Pathology |
Synapse formation Obsessive-compulsive disorder Bipolar disorder |
YES |
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Flanagan Jr., Owen - Ph.D. |
Philosophy, Arts & Sciences Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology |
Philosophy of Mind Ethics Philosophy of Psychology |
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Greenside, Henry - Ph.D. |
Physics, Arts & Sciences |
Theoretical neurobiology How brains generate Recognize and store temporal sequences |
YES |
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Groh, Jennifer M. - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Multisensory processing Audition Motor control and visual processing |
YES |
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Hamoudi, Amar - Ph.D. |
Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy |
Executive Functioning Cognitive Economics Reward Processing |
YES |
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Hare, Brian - Ph.D. |
Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences |
Human Cognitive Evolution Social Cognition Domestication |
YES |
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Harris, Lasana - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Social Cognition Emotion Decision Making |
YES |
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Henriquez, Craig - Ph.D. |
Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Computer Science, Arts & Sciences |
Neuroengineering Neural Prosthesis |
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Huettel, Scott - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neuroeconomics Functional Neuroimaging Cognition |
YES |
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Jarvis, Erich - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Origin and Mechanisms of Language Neuroethology Systems Neurobiology |
YES |
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Johnsen, Sönke - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences |
Vision Magnetoreception Diffuse sensory systems |
YES |
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Keefe, Richard - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Schizophrenia Cognitive function High-risk |
YES |
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Kollins, Scott - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
ADHD Smoking and Nicotine |
YES |
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Kuhn, Cynthia - Ph.D. |
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences |
Animal models of drug addiction Ontogeny of neural circuit activation by rewarding and aversive stimuli Gonadal steroid hormone action in brain |
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LaBar, Kevin - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Affective and social neuroscience Memory systems Fear and anxiety disorders |
YES |
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Levin, Edward - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Addiction Cognition Neurotoxicology |
YES |
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Madden, David - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine |
Aging Cognitive Function Attention and Memory |
YES |
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Marsh, Elizabeth - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Learning and Memory Autobiographical Memory Eyewitness Testimony |
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Matsunami, Hiroaki - Ph.D. |
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine Department of Neurobiology |
Olfaction Pheromone Chemical Senses |
YES |
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McClernon, Francis (Joe) - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Smoking Nicotine Dependence Neuroimaging |
YES |
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McNamara, James - M.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Medicine, Division of Neurology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology |
Epileptogenesis Signaling Neurotrophins |
YES |
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Meck, Warren - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neural basis of timing and time perception Decision making Memory Regulation |
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Mikati, Mohamad - M.D. |
Pediatrics, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Epilepsy Imaging Genetics |
YES |
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Mitroff, Stephen - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Visual cognition Enhancing and modifying cognitive abilities Development of visual cognition |
YES |
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Moffitt, Terrie E. - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Gene-environment interplay in mental disorders Psychiatric Epidemiology Cognitive ability assessment |
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Nadler, J. Victor - Ph.D. |
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Epilepsy Synaptic Transmission Synaptic Plasticity |
YES |
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Pitt, Geoffrey S. - M.D., Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology |
Ion channel physiology Epilepsy Synaptic plasticity |
YES |
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Platt, Michael - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences |
Neural basis of decision-making Neural basis of social behavior Evolution of cognition |
YES |
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Schmajuk, Nestor - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neural Network Models Classical Conditioning Causak Learning |
YES |
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Schwartz-Bloom, Rochelle - Ph.D. |
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biological Psychiatry |
Neuroscience & pharmacology education | YES |
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Sherwood, Nina - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences |
Neuronal cytoskeleton Synapse formation/maintenance Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia |
YES |
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Simon, John - Ph.D. |
Chemistry, Arts & Sciences Biochemistry; Ophthalmology, School of Medicine |
Neuromelanin Amyloid |
YES |
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Simon, Sidney - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
Gustation Membrane biophysics |
YES |
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Song, Allen - Ph.D. |
Radiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
MRI acquisition methodology Brain function MRI contrast mechanisms |
YES |
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Steffens, David - M.D., M.H.S. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medicine |
Depression Dementia Neuroimaging |
YES |
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Strauman, Timothy - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine |
Depression Addiction Psychotherapy |
YES |
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Strittmatter, Warren - M.D. |
Medicince, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Alzheimers Disease Huntington's Disease |
YES |
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Swartzwelder, Scott - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Cellular Neurophysiology Neural Mechanisms of Drug Effects and Addiction Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory |
YES |
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Tomasi, Carlo - Ph.D. |
Computer Science, Arts & Sciences |
Computer vision | YES |
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Tracey, W. Daniel - Ph.D. |
Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Cell Biology; Neurobiology |
Nociception and pain Mechanotransduction Perception of temperature |
YES |
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Voyvodic, James - Ph.D. |
Radiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Vision Brain imaging Brain Tumors |
YES |
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Wang, Fan - Ph.D. |
Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Mammalian touch sensory system Regulation of neuronal endomembrane system |
YES |
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Wang, Lihong - M.D, Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Depression Interaction of emotion with cognition Mild cognitive impairment |
YES |
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Warner, David - M.D. |
Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology; Surgery |
Stroke Traumatic brain injury Cerebral vasospasm |
YES |
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West, Anne - M.D., Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Epigenetics Activity-regulated transcription Synapse development and plasticity |
YES |
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White, Leonard - Ph.D. |
Community & Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Sensory experience and brain development Cortical maps Human brain anatomy |
YES |
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Williams, Christina L. - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Development Hormones and Nutrients Neural Plasticity |
YES |
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Woldorff, Marty - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology, Arts & Sciences |
Attention Memory ERP and fMRI |
YES |
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Yin, Henry - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Goal-directed actions Decision making Reward |
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Zucker, Nancy - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Anorexia Nervosa Interoception Social Cognition |
YES |