Scientific Staff

The scientific staff of the Institute includes Senior Fellows, Associate Fellows, Research Fellows, and Postdoctoral Fellows. Senior Fellows are accomplished investigators who lead independent research programs at the level of a full professor at other institutions. Associate Fellows are substantially independent investigators who may work together with one or more Senior Fellows. Research Fellows generally have completed postdoctoral training and work together with one or more Associate or Senior Fellows. Postdoctoral Fellows have recently received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and generally work directly with a Senior or Associate Fellow to receive advanced training and gain research experience. Individuals are designated as Fellows in Experimental or Theoretical Neurobiology according to their primary area of research. The Institute encourages maximal scientific interaction among all the Fellows, no matter what their particular field of interest.

Edelman, Gerald M., M.D., Ph.D. Director
Gall, W. Einar, Ph.D. Research Director


Senior Fellows in Experimental Neurobiology

Crossin, Kathryn L., Ph.D. Molecular cell biology; extracellular matrix
Cunningham, Bruce A., Ph.D. Structural biology; cell adhesion molecules
Greenspan, Ralph J., Ph.D. Genetics of behavior
Jones, Frederick S., Ph.D. Molecular biology; regulation of gene expression
Mauro, Vincent P., Ph.D. Molecular cell biology; gene expression

Senior Fellows in Theoretical Neurobiology
Fleischer, Jason G., Ph.D. Neural modeling
Gally, Joseph A., Ph.D. Spatial signaling; biochemistry
Patel, Aniruddh D., Ph.D. Perception of language and music
George N. Reeke, Jr., Ph.D. Computational neuroscience

Associate Fellows in Experimental Neurobiology
Desai, Niraj S., Ph.D. Neuronal Plasticity
Edelman, David B., Ph.D. Cellular neurobiology
Makarenkova, Helen, Ph.D. Development
Owens, Geoffrey C., Ph.D. Molecular and cellular biology
Zheng, Weimin, Ph.D. Auditory neurophysiology

Associate Fellows in Theoretical Neurobiology
Chen, Yanqing., Ph.D. Brain activity dynamics
Iversen, John R., Ph.D. Music perception
Scorcioni, Ruggero, Ph.D. Neural modeling

Research Fellows in Experimental Neurobiology
Chen, Sigeng, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular biology
Cowen, Stephen L., Ph.D. Neurophysiology
Hughes, Cynthia L., Ph.D. Genetics of Behavior
Walcott, Elisabeth C., Ph.D. Cellular electrophysiology

Research Fellows in Theoretical Neurobiology
McKinstry, Jeffrey L., Ph.D. Neural modeling of behavior

Postdoctoral Fellows in Experimental Neurobiology
None at this time.

Postdoctoral Fellows in Theoretical Neurobiology

Affiliated Research Fellows
Baars, Bernard J., Ph.D. Consciousness
Siegel, Ralph M. Ph.D. Neurophysiology
Vanderklish, Peter W., Ph.D. Synaptic biology



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