Neuroscience at Amherst College

10 faculty and 0 courses in Neuroscience at Amherst College.

Faculty

• Josef G. Trapani, Professor of Biology h-index 19
• Sarah M. Turgeon, James E. Ostendarp Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience) h-index 17
• Kelly Wallace, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 10
  How does the social world we live in shape our actions, our brains, and our communities? To ask this question, my research explores the complex social lives of fish. Previously I have investigated the mating behavior of Central American gup
• Caroline E. Goutte, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biology h-index 9
  Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Biochemistry (1992) B.A., Cornell University, Biology (1985) Post Doctoral Fellow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Dominic L. Poccia, Rufus Tyler Lincoln Professor of Biology, Emeritus
• John P. Roche, Lecturer in Biology
• John-Paul Baird, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Program Chair of Neuroscience
• Michael A. Cohen, Associate Professor of Psychology
  My research focuses on understanding the limits of visual perception, memory, and awareness. I ask questions like: Why is some information perceived and remembered while other information goes unnoticed and is forgotten? What are the cognit
• Patrick L. Williamson, Edward H. Harkness Professor of Biology, Emeritus
• Stephen A. George, The Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus (Biology and Neuroscience)
  Selected Publications 'Amherst in San Francisco' readings Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Biophysics (1970) B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada; Physics (1964) A.M.

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.