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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Acheson, Shawn - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medical Psychology |
Traumatic brain injury Recovery of function Alcohol dependence and abuse |
YES |
Adcock, R. Alison - M.D., Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Neuromodulation of long term memory Neuroimaging as a tool for enhancing cognitive and behavioral change Schizophrenia & depression |
YES |
Alberts, Susan - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology |
Behavioral ecology Evolution of behavior Genetics and behavior |
YES |
Andrews, Edna - Ph.D. |
Linguistics & Cultural Anthropology, Arts & Sciences |
Language and the brain Speech perception Multilingualism |
YES |
Appelbaum, Greg - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Visual neuroscience Cognitive control Brain and behavioral plasticity |
YES |
Aselage, Melissa - Ph.D., RN-BC, FNP-BC |
Nursing, School of Nursing |
Dementia Meal behavior |
YES |
Augustine, George J. - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Synaptic circuitry Neural signaling Imaging technologies |
|
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 |
|
Belger, Aysenil - Ph.D. |
Radiology, School of Medicine |
Schizophrenia Autism Neuroimaging |
YES |
Bilbo, Staci - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neuroimmune interactions and behavior Cytokines and cognition Early-life origins of risk and resilience |
YES |
Brannon, Elizabeth - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology |
Cognitive development & developmental cognitive neuroscience Numerical cognition Comparative psychology |
YES |
Browndyke, Jeffrey - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine |
Functional neuroanatomical correlates of postoperative cognitive decline Major iatrogenic stressors for later cognition in the elderly Functional neuroanatomy of deceptive behavior |
YES |
Cabeza, Roberto - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Memory Emotion Aging |
YES |
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 |
Cant, Nell - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Auditory system Neuroanatomy |
|
Charney, Evan - Ph.D. |
Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy |
Genetics Developmental biology Evo-devo |
YES |
Chartrand, Tanya - Ph.D. |
Marketing , Fuqua School of Business Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Social cognition Consumer behavior Nonconscious processes |
YES |
Colton, Carol - Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine |
Neuroimmunology Alzheimer's disease Brain redox balanve |
YES |
Costanzo, Philip - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences DGHI; Kenan Institute; SSRI |
Decision making Substance abuse Self regulation |
YES |
DeBellis, Michael - M.D., M.P.H. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine |
Ptsd and childhood sexual abuse Functional and anatomical mri |
|
Diaz, Michele - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Reading comprehension Aging Figurative language |
YES |
Dichter, Gabriel - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Autism Unipolar depression |
YES |
Doraiswamy, P. Murali - M.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medicine, Division of Geriatrics |
Memory Emotion Imaging |
YES |
Drea, Christine - Ph.D. |
Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences Biology |
Behavioral ecology Sexual differentiation Social behavior |
YES |
Egner, Tobias - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Cognitive control Selective attention Visual cognition |
YES |
Eroglu, Çagla - Ph.D. |
Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Synaptogenesis Astrocytes Extracellular matrix |
YES |
Fitzsimons, Grainne - Ph.D. |
Management, Fuqua School of Business Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Self-regulation Social cognition |
YES |
Flanagan Jr., Owen - Ph.D. |
Philosophy, Arts & Sciences Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology |
Philosophy of Mind Ethics Philosophy of Psychology |
|
Grandl, Jörg - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Ion Channel Research Unit |
Somatosensation Nociception Ion channels |
YES |
Greenside, Henry - Ph.D. |
Physics, Arts & Sciences |
Theoretical neurobiology How brains generate Recognize and store temporal sequences |
YES |
Groh, Jennifer M. - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology, Arts & Sciences Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Multisensory processing Audition Motor control and visual processing |
YES |
Hall, William - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Psychology |
Visuomotor integration Motor systems Eye movements |
YES |
Hare, Brian - Ph.D. |
Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences |
Human cognitive evolution Social cognition Domestication |
YES |
Hariri, Ahmad - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Corticolimbic circuit function Neuromodulators Trait anxiety |
YES |
Harris, Lasana - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Social cognition Emotion Decision making |
YES |
Heller, Katherine - Ph.D. |
Statistical Science, Arts & Sciences |
Cognition Bayesian statistics Machine learning |
YES |
Henriquez, Craig - Ph.D. |
Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Computer Science, Arts & Sciences |
Neuroengineering Neural Prosthesis |
|
Hochgeschwender, Ute - M.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Genetically encoded neural effectors genetic engineering of animal models Mouse models of neurological and psychiatric diseases |
YES |
Huettel, Scott - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences School of Medicine |
Neuroeconomics Functional neuroimaging Cognition |
YES |
Jarvis, Erich - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Origin and Mechanisms of Language Neuroethology Systems Neurobiology |
YES |
Jenson, Deborah - Ph.D. |
Romance Studies, Arts & Sciences |
Verbal cognition Mimetic states and mechanisms Post-traumatic stress |
YES |
Johnsen, Sönke - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences |
Vision Magnetoreception Diffuse sensory systems |
YES |
Johnson, Elizabeth - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Vision Color mechanisms Sensory perception |
YES |
Kaddurah-Daouk, Rima - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Metabolomics Biomarkers Drug discovery |
YES |
Keefe, Richard - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Schizophrenia Cognitive function High-risk |
YES |
Klein, Rebecca - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine MIRECC (VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center) |
Amygdala Apolipoprotein e Neurophysiology |
YES |
Kollins, Scott - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Adhd Smoking and nicotine |
YES |
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 |
YES |
LaBar, Kevin - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Affective and social neuroscience Memory systems Fear and anxiety disorders |
YES |
Lad, Eleonora (Nora) - M.D., Ph.D. |
Ophthalmology, School of Medicine |
Vision Imaging Alzheimer's disease |
YES |
Lad, Nandan - M.D., Ph.D. |
Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine |
Neuromodulation Medical devices Health outcomes |
YES |
Lane, James - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine |
Caffeine Stress Personality |
YES |
Levin, Edward - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Addiction Cognition Neurotoxicology |
YES |
Liedtke, Wolfgang - M.D., Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences |
Pain Trp channel Neurosensory transduction and transmission |
YES |
Madden, David - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience |
Aging Cognitive function Attention and memory |
YES |
Marsh, Elizabeth - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Learning and memory Autobiographical memory Knowledge acquisition |
|
Matsunami, Hiroaki - Ph.D. |
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine Department of Neurobiology |
Olfaction Pheromone Chemical senses |
YES |
McClernon, Francis (Joe) - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Smoking Nicotine dependence Neuroimaging |
YES |
McNamara, James - M.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Medicine, Division of Neurology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology |
Epileptogenesis Signaling Neurotrophins |
YES |
Meade, Christina - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Drug addiction Hiv/aids Mental health |
YES |
Meck, Warren - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Neural basis of timing and time perception Decision making Memory Regulation |
|
Mikati, Mohamad - M.D. |
Pediatrics, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Epilepsy Imaging Genetics |
YES |
Mitroff, Stephen - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Visual cognition Enhancing and modifying cognitive abilities Development of visual cognition |
YES |
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 |
|
Morey, Rajendra - M.S., M.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Durham VA Medical Center, Arts & Sciences |
Ptsd Tbi Emotion processing |
YES |
Nadler, J. Victor - Ph.D. |
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Epilepsy Synaptic Transmission Synaptic Plasticity |
YES |
Nicolelis, Miguel - M.D., Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
Neuroengineering Brain-machine interface Multi-electrode recording |
YES |
Peterchev, Angel V. - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
Transcranial brain stimulation (tms, tdcs, ect, mst, tsms) Depression Power electronics |
YES |
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 |
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 |
Premont, Richard - Ph.D. |
Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine |
Post-traumatic stress disorder Parkinson's disease Anxiety/depression |
YES |
Rasiel, Emma - Ph.D. |
Economics, Arts & Sciences |
Behavioral decision making | |
Rezvani, Amir - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biological Psychiatry, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscince, Arts & Sciences |
Alcoholism, nicotine addiction Cognition, drug development Drug addiction |
YES |
Roberts, Craig Dane - Ph.D. |
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Arts & Sciences |
Learning & memory Sensory systems Teaching & learning |
YES |
Sapiro, Guillermo - D.Sc. |
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Computer Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Arts & Sciences |
Image and video processing Brain imaging Cryo-microscopy |
YES |
Schmajuk, Nestor - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Cognitive and Cognitive Neuroscience |
Neural network models Classical conditioning Causal learning |
YES |
Schramm-Sapyta, Nicole - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine |
Drug addiction Adolescence Stress |
YES |
Schwartz-Bloom, Rochelle - Ph.D. |
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biological Psychiatry |
Neuroscience & pharmacology education | YES |
Seaman, William - Ph.D. |
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences |
Neosentience-biomimetics/bioabstraction Computational insight production Generative technology-recombinant informatics & poetics |
YES |
Sherwood, Nina - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences |
Neuronal cytoskeleton Synapse formation/maintenance Hereditary spastic paraplegia |
YES |
Silver, Debra - Ph.D. |
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine |
Cortical development Rna regulation Stem cell division |
YES |
Simon, Sidney - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
Gustation Membrane biophysics |
YES |
Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter - Ph.D. |
Philosophy, Arts & Sciences |
Moral judgment Decision and action |
YES |
Skene, J. H. Pate - Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Genomics Decision making Law |
YES |
Sommer, Marc - Ph.D. |
Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Vision Cognition Eye movements |
YES |
Song, Allen - Ph.D. |
Radiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering |
MRI acquisition methodology Brain function MRI contrast mechanisms |
YES |
Steffens, David - M.D., M.H.S. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medicine |
Depression Dementia Neuroimaging |
YES |
Strauman, Timothy - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine |
Depression Addiction Psychotherapy and behavior change |
YES |
Strittmatter, Warren - M.D. |
Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Alzheimers disease Huntington's disease |
YES |
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 |
Tomasi, Carlo - Ph.D. |
Computer Science, Arts & Sciences |
Computer vision | YES |
Tracey, W. Daniel - Ph.D. |
Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Cell Biology; Neurobiology |
Nociception and pain Mechanotransduction Perception of temperature |
YES |
Tupler, Larry - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Neuropsychology Neuroimaging Psychopathology |
YES |
Volkan, Pelin - Ph.D. |
Biology, Arts & Sciences |
Sensory circuit assembly Olfactory system Epigenetics |
YES |
Voyvodic, James - Ph.D. |
Radiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Vision Brain imaging Brain tumors |
YES |
Wang, Fan - Ph.D. |
Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology |
Mammalian touch sensory system Regulation of neuronal endomembrane system |
YES |
Wang, Lihong - M.D, Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
Depression Interaction of emotion with cognition Mild cognitive impairment |
YES |
Warner, David - M.D. |
Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology; Surgery |
Stroke Traumatic brain injury Cerebral vasospasm |
YES |
West, Anne - M.D., Ph.D. |
Neurobiology, School of Medicine |
Epigenetics Activity-regulated transcription Synapse development and plasticity |
YES |
Wetsel, William - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Medicine (Endocrinology) |
Neuropsychopharmacology Mouse models of neuropsychiatric illness Neuroendocrinology |
YES |
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 |
Williams, Christina L. - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Development Hormones and Nutrients Neural Plasticity |
YES |
Woldorff, Marty - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology, Arts & Sciences |
Attention Cognitive control Perceptual awareness |
YES |
Yin, Henry - Ph.D. |
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Neurobiology |
Goal-directed actions Decision making Reward |
YES |
Zucker, Nancy - Ph.D. |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences |
Anorexia nervosa Interoception Social cognition |
YES |
