Faculty
* Denotes Undergraduate Advisor
Monique Cola, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Email: mcola@tulane.edu
Dr. Cola teaches NSCI 334/743 (Neuroanatomy Laboratory).
* Paul Colombo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: pcolomb@tulane.edu
Dr. Colombo studies memory formation at the neuronal and systems levels of analysis. Behavioral and molecular-biological methods are used to measure and manipulate signaling proteins and transcription factors important for plasticity in the nervous system. One application of this work is to determine the causes of memory deficits associated with aging and develop therapeutic interventions. He currently teaches NSCI 330 (Brain and Behavior), NSCI 651 (Biological Psychology), and advanced seminars in learning and memory.
Joseph Constans, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology and PTSD Research Team Leader, South Central MIRECC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Email: jconstan@tulane.edu
Dr. Constans
studies the effects of trauma on emotional and cognitive functioning. In particular, he is interested in studying attention, judgment, and memory biases in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and in examining the hypothesis that these biases help maintain pathological emotional responses to trauma.
* David M. Corey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email: dave@tulane.edu
Dr. Corey studies cognitive neuroscience and quantitative methods. Within cognitive neuroscience, he studies the relationships among brain asymmetry, sex, auditory processing, language production, and speech fluency. Within quantitative methods, Dr. Corey conducts statistical simulation studies. Dr. Corey teaches PSYC 100 (Introductory Psychology), PSYC 209 (Univariate Statistics I), PSYC 611 (Univariate Statistics II), and PSYC 613 (Multivariate Analysis).
* Peter Cserjesi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: pcserj@tulane.edu
Dr. Cserjesi
studies the molecular Biology and genetics of vertebrate organ development. Using a combination of mouse molecular genetics and in vitro systems, his long term goal is to understand the genetic and molecular pathways regulating the development of the peripheral nervous and cardiovascular systems. He currently is focused on the neural crest derived components of these tissues. Dr. Cserjesi teaches CELL 416/616 (Developmental Biology), CELL 444/644 (Advanced Molecular Biology), and CELL 478/678 (Developmental Genetics).
* Jill M. Daniel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: jmdaniel@tulane.edu
Dr. Daniel is interested in the role of ovarian hormones in the regulation of non-reproductive behaviors. The focus of current research is to identify how estrogen influences cognition and to clarify the neural mechanisms that mediate its behavioral effects. Dr. Daniel teaches NSCI 330 (Brain and Behavior) and NSCI 633 (Neurobiology of Learning and Memory).
Prescott Deininger, Ph.D.
Professor of
Epidemiology
Email: pdeinin@tulane.edu
* Gary P. Dohanich, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of Master's and Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs
Email: dohanich@tulane.edu
Dr. Dohanich studies the effects of ovarian and adrenal hormones on behavioral processes. Employing a rat model, his work focuses on the roles of estrogen and corticosterone as moderators of cognitive, affective, and reproductive functions. Complementary interests include the impact of gender on the development and expression of behavior. He teaches NSCI 653 (Psychopharmacology), NSCI 655 (Behavioral Neuroendocrinology), NSCI 710 (Neurobiology of Stress Disorders), NSCI 604 (Trends in Neuroscience), and NSCI 723 (Professional Issues in Neuroscience).
* Edward J. Golob, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email: egolob@tulane.edu
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Dr. Golob does research in the area of cognitive neuroscience, including human learning and memory, neurobiology of aging, and Alzheimer's disease. He teaches NSCI 657/658 (Cognitive Neuroscience with Laboratory).
* Benjamin Hall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: benhall@tulane.edu
Dr. Hall studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate synapse development and function in the neocortex. Studies in his lab are carried out both in in vitro, cortical networks and in acute brain slices using a combination of techniques in mouse genetics, electrophysiology, molecular biology, and cellular imaging.
Dr. Hall will teach NSCI 437/637 (Molecular Neurobiology) in the fall and NSCI 604 (Trends in Neuroscience) in the spring.
* Thomas J. Hebert, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice of Psychology
Email: thebert1@tulane.edu
Dr. Hebert
is a behavioral neuroscientist with interests in hormones and behavior. Dr. Hebert teaches PSYC 100 (Introduction to Psychology), NSCI/PSYC 330 (Brain and Behavior), PSYC 377/378 (Sensation and Perception with Laboratory), NSCI 652 (Biological Psychology Laboratory), NSCI 654 (Psychopharmacology Laboratory), and NSCI 658 (Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory).
* Harry Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portugese
Member of the Linguistics Program.
Email: howard@tulane.edu
Dr. Howard teaches NSCI/LING 411/611 (Brain and Language).
* Fiona M. Inglis Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: inglis@tulane.edu
Dr. Inglis
studies mechanisms of neuronal plasticity during development, and how this might relate to plasticity in later life. She uses both molecular biology and in vivo neurochemical techniques. This work is important in understanding and treating neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Inglis teaches NSCI 435/635 (Developmental Neurobiology) and NSCI 437/637 (Molecular Neurobiology).
S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Aging
Email: sjazwins@tulane.edu
Alan Kalueff , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Email: akalueff@tulane.edu
Dr. Kalueff studies psychopharmacology of stress, anxiety and depression, Animal (experimental) models, Serotonin and serotonin syndrome, Epilepsy, Biological Psychiatry, Pharmacogenetics, Translational neuroscience non-synaptic mechanisms regulating neuronal excitability; regulation of neuronal/glial cell volume and ion concentrations; pathophysiology of stroke and epilepsy; changes with maturation.
Norman Kreisman, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Email: nkreism@tulane.edu
Dr. Kreisman studies non-synaptic mechanisms regulating neuronal excitability; regulation of neuronal/glial cell volume and ion concentrations; pathophysiology of stroke and epilepsy; changes with maturation.
Andrew A. Lackner, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Email: alackner@tpc.tulane.edu
Jeffrey Lockman, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Training, Psychology
Email: lockman@tulane.edu
Andrew Maclean, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Email: amaclean@tulane.edu
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Email: dmondal@tulane.edu
Dr. Mondal studies molecular mechanisms linked to HIV-1 induced pathogenesis, the role of HIV-1 transactivator (Tat) protein in regulating viral latency and infectivity, and possible pharmacological interventions to enhance the efficacy and reduce the toxic side effects of anti-retroviral drugs.
Michael J. Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email: mooremj@tulane.edu
Dr. Moore's group utilizes tissue engineering and related technologies for the study of central nervous system (CNS) regeneration and development of treatments for CNS disorders. In particular, he is interested in the relationship between the three dimensional architecture of regenerating CNS tissue and its functionality. The major experimental goals in his laboratory are to: 1) design and fabricate biomaterial constructs with specified structural and molecular microarchitectures and employ 3D tissue culture preparations and 3D microscopic imaging for evaluation of constructs; 2) design and evaluate drug delivery systems for promotion of CNS axon regeneration; 3) develop implantable materials for CNS tissue engineering and evaluation in small mammals.
Donald Phinney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology
Email: dphinne@tulane.edu
Michael S. Scheeringa, M.D, M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Email: mscheer@tulane.edu
* Laura Schrader, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: schrader@tulane.edu
Dr. Schrader
studies molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and learning and memory. Techniques include: patch clamp electrophysiology in brain slices, behavioral paradigms, molecular biology and biochemistry. Her ultimate goal is to better understand how modulation of ion channels regulates neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity in the context of learning and memory. Dr. Schrader teaches CELL 332/632 (Systems Neuroscience) and NSCI 604 (Trends in Neuroscience).
* Jeffrey Tasker, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Director of the Graduate Neuroscience Program
Email: tasker@tulane.edu
Dr. Tasker is researching the physiological and biochemical properties of brain cells that control pituitary hormone release. He teaches NSCI 331 (Introduction to Neuroscience) and Cell 665 (Synaptic Organization of the Brain).
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Vasudevan's research involves u nderstanding estrogen and thyroid hormone signaling in the brain.
Cedric Walker, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chairman of Engineering Science Program
Email: cfw@tulane.edu
Guoyong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Structural and Cellular Biology
Email: gwang@tulane.edu
Dr. Wang
uses patch-clamp recording, confocal imaging, and immunocytochemistry to study the functional and structural organization of retinal ganglion cells in the developing and mature retina.
* Beth E. F. Wee, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Master's and Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs and adjunct professor in Psychology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: bwee@tulane.edu
Dr. Wee
is interested in biological rhythms, reproductive behavior, and neuroendocrinology. She teaches NSCI 330 (Brain and Behavior), NSCI/PSYC 655 and 656 (Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lecture/Laboratory) and coordinates NSCI 600/ 601 (Neuroscience Methods Lecture/Laboratory) and NSCI 603 (Neuroscience Seminar).
James Zadina, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Neuroscience Laboratory, VA Medical Center and Tulane University
Email: jzadina@tulane.edu
Dr. Zadina studies peptides, especially opioids; receptor binding, mechanisms of action, behavioral and developmental effects.
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