19 faculty and 24 courses in Neuroscience at Barnard College.
- BJ Casey, The Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience, Chair h-index 85
Notable: “The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants” (2009) · 3,501 citations
- Rae Silver, Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural and Physical Sciences h-index 70
Notable: “A diffusible coupling signal from the transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus controlling circadian locomotor rhythms” (1996) · 789 citations
- Russell Romeo, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 51
- William Fifer, Adjunct Professor h-index 47
Focus on fetal and neonatal behavioral, physiological and central nervous system development. Current investigations in his laboratory include studies of fetal, newborn and premature infant neurobehavioral responses to environmental stimula
- Peter Balsam, Samuel R. Milbank Professor h-index 45
Notable: “The learning curve: Implications of a quantitative analysis” (2004) · 633 citations
- Kevin Bath, Professor h-index 44
Notable: “Genetic Variant BDNF (Val66Met) Polymorphism Alters Anxiety-Related Behavior” (2006) · 1,336 citations
- John Glendinning, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 40
Notable: “Is the bitter rejection response always adaptive?” (1994) · 514 citations
- Alex White, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 23
Visual perception & Attention - Visual word recognition - Eye-tracking & fMRI Recent Publications - Anupindi, A., Eisler, L. R., Latif, M., Chauhan, V. S., & White, A. L. (2026). Serial processing of two words
Notable: “Parallel spatial channels converge at a bottleneck in anterior word-selective cortex” (2019) · 111 citations
- Elizabeth Bauer, Professor h-index 22
Notable: “Activation of ERK/MAP Kinase in the Amygdala Is Required for Memory Consolidation of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning” (2000) · 673 citations
- Luca Iemi, Term Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Spontaneous Neural Oscillations Bias Perception by Modulating Baseline Excitability” (2016) · 327 citations
- Gabrielle Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 10
Notable: “Multiple Mechanisms Switch an Electrically Coupled, Synaptically Inhibited Neuron between Competing Rhythmic Oscillators” (2013) · 178 citations
- Anamaria Alexandrescu, Term Assistant Professor h-index 5
Notable: “Pyramidal Cell Selective Ablation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor 1 Causes Increase in Cellular and Network Excitability” (2014) · 103 citations
- Kara Pham, Senior Lecturer, Vice Chair h-index 2
Notable: “Repeated restraint stress suppresses neurogenesis and induces biphasic PSA‐NCAM expression in the adult rat dentate gyrus” (2003) · 653 citations
- Abigail Zadina, Term Assistant Professor
- Alexis Hill, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Es on uncovering how genes influence neuronal activity and behavior in response to environmental stressors, using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster . She employs a combination of genetic, imaging, and behavioral approaches to investigat
- Ari Shechter, Adjunct Assistant Professor
- E'mett O. McCaskill, Lecturer
- Eduardo Mercado III, Adjunct Professor
- Morgan Firestein, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Es on identifying and exploring prenatal and early postnatal factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Firestein is particularly interested in studying how the human placenta shapes the developing brain during pregnancy. Con
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 2026-07-02.