Neuroscience at Barnard College

19 faculty and 24 courses in Neuroscience at Barnard College.

Faculty

• Rae Silver, Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural and Physical Sciences h-index 70
• 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
• Kevin Bath, Professor h-index 44
• John Glendinning, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 40
• 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
• Elizabeth Bauer, Professor h-index 16
• Luca Iemi, Term Assistant Professor h-index 10
• Gabrielle Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 10
• Anamaria Alexandrescu, Term Assistant Professor h-index 5
• 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
• BJ Casey, The Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience, Chair
• E'mett O. McCaskill, Lecturer
• Eduardo Mercado III, Adjunct Professor
• Kara Pham, Senior Lecturer, Vice Chair
• 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
• Peter Balsam, Samuel R. Milbank Professor
• Russell Romeo, Professor of Neuroscience

Courses

• Introduction to Neuroscience NSBV BC1001
• Laboratory in Neuroscience NSBV BC2001
• Statistics and Experimental Design NSBV BC2002
• Flavor Perception and the Human Diet NSBV BC2005
• Mind/Brain Disorders NSBV BC2006
• Adaptive or Arrested Development of the Adolescent Brain NSBV BC2008
• Cognitive Neuroscience: Mapping the Mind onto the Brain NSBV BC2009
• Hormones and Behavior NSBV BC2154
• Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience NSBV BC3001
• Neuroimmunology Seminar NSBV BC3105
• Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience NSBV BC3361
• Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience BIOL BC3362
• Psychobiology of Infant Development NSBV BC3376
• Adolescent Neurobehavioral Development NSBV BC3377
• Neuroethology NSBV BC3385
• Topics in Neuroethics NSBV BC3387
• Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders NSBV BC3388
• Hallucinations, Illusions, Dreaming and Imagination NSBV BC3389
• Psychobiology of Stress NSBV BC3392
• Psychobiology of Sleep NSBV BC3398
• Neuroscience of Trauma NSBV BC3405
• Neuroscience Guided Research NSBV BC3591
• Research/Seminar — Neuroscience & Behavior NSBV BC3593
• Independent Study NSBV BC3099

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.