Faculty Engaged in Neuroscience Research

Core Faculty

John D. Buntin, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Charles Fink, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Anthony Greene, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
Perceptual priming, declarative memory, relational learning

R. David Heathcote, Ph.D; Professor, Biological Sciences
Developmental Neurobiology

Fred J. Helmstetter, Ph.D.; Professor, Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience, Animal Learning, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Brain Imaging

James R, Moyer, Jr., Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Psychology
Neurobiology of learning, Memory, and Aging, Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Temporal Encoding

Devin Mueller, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; Neurobiology of Addiction; Psychopharmacology

Rodney Swain, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychobiology, Learning and Memory, Cerebellar Plasticity

Ava Udvadia, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Jane L. Witten, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Associated Faculty

Fred Anapol, Ph.D.; Professor, Anthropology
The neuromuscular biology of feeding and locomotion from the perspectives of both evolutionary morphology and function

Jay J. Bauer, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Communication Sciences and Disorders

Benjamin C. Campbell, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Human biology, Africa, Hormones, nomads

James M. Cook, Ph.D.; Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and Natural Products Chemistry

Janis Eells, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Health Sciences
Mitochonrdrial Dysfunction, Mitochondrial signaling mechanisms involved in mediating cellular toxicity and protection

Wendy E. Huddleston, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Human Movement Sciences

Reinhold Hutz, Ph.D.; Professor, Biological Sciences
Female Reproductive Biology

Bonnie Klein-Tasman, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Psychology
Child Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Christine L. Larson, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Psychology
Clinical Psychology; Affective Neuroscience: fMRI, EEG, and peripheral psychophysiology of affective processes

Jeri-Annette Lyons, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Health Sciences, Clinical Lab Sciences

David C. Osmon, Ph.D.; Professor, Psychology
Clinical Psychology; Medical aspects of clinical work including neuropsychology, rehabilitation, learning disability, and forensic neuropsychology

J. Carson Smith, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Human Movement Sciences

J. Rudi Strickler, Ph.D.; Professor, Biological Sciences
Limnology, biological oceanography, zooplankton ecology, biomechanics.