Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Brandeis University

30 faculty and 40 courses in Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Brandeis University.

Faculty

• Michael Rosbash, Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology h-index 122
• Irving Epstein, University Professor, Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry h-index 75
• Gina Turrigiano, Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science h-index 70
• Piali Sengupta, Harold and Bernice Davis Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease h-index 53
• Leslie Griffith, Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience h-index 52
• Susan J. Birren, Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor in Neuroscience h-index 48
  We use molecular, cellular, transgenic and electrophysiological approaches to investigate: The neurotrophic factors and glial-dependent pathways that drive developing noradrenergic and cholinergic neurons to acquire their unique neurotran
• Paul Miller, Professor of Biology h-index 44
• Paul Garrity, Professor of Biology h-index 43
• Donald Katz, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 43
• James Howard, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 42
• Angela Gutchess, Professor of Psychology h-index 41
• Paul DiZio, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 39
• Avital Rodal, Professor of Biology h-index 33
• Hannah Snyder, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 32
• Yangyang Wang, Assistant Professor of Mathematics h-index 28
  D ynamical systems, mathematical and computational neuroscience, multiple timescale dynamics, network dynamics and homeostasis. I am particularly interested in modeling and analyzing intrinsic neural dynamics in central pattern gene
• Jonathan Touboul, Professor of Mathematics h-index 27
• Suzanne Paradis, Professor of Biology h-index 26
• Stephen Van Hooser, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 26
• Shantanu Jadhav, Professor of Psychology h-index 23
• Christine Grienberger, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 21
• Yerbol Z. Kurmangaliyev, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 14
• Joshua Meisel, Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Endowed Chair in Neuroscience h-index 13
• Thomas Fai, Associate Professor of Mathematics h-index 12
• Hyunjun Yang, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry h-index 11
• Anne Berry, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Eve Marder, University Professor, Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology
• Jennifer Gutsell, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Maria de Boef Miara, Associate Professor of Biology (Teaching Faculty)
• Sacha Nelson, Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Science
• Sebastian Kadener, Professor of Biology

Courses

• Introduction to Research Practice NEUR 91g
• Research Internship and Analysis NEUR 93a
• Readings in Neuroscience NEUR 98a
• Neuroscience Senior Research NEUR 99a
• Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience NPSY 11b
• Perception: Human, Animal, and Machine NPSY 12a
• Motor Control NPSY 16a
• Hand and Brain NPSY 17a
• Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience NPSY 22b
• Learning and Memory NPSY 28a
• Computational Neuroscience NBIO 136b
• Principles of Neuroscience NBIO 140b
• Circadian Rhythms and Sleep NBIO 142b
• Developmental Neurobiology NBIO 143b
• Circuits and Systems NBIO 145b
• The Neurobiology of Human Disease NBIO 146a
• Genetics of Behavior NBIO 147a
• Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms of Experience Dependent Plasticity NBIO 148b
• Molecular Signaling Pathways of the Neuron NBIO 149b
• Dynamical Systems NPHY 115a
• Human Space Flight: Physics, Physiology, and Behavior NPSY 120b
• Alzheimer's Disease Resilience and Risk Factors NPSY 121b
• Memory and the Brain NPSY 139a
• Stress, Physiology, and Health NPSY 141a
• Decision Neuroscience NPSY 170a
• Visual Cognition NPSY 174b
• Constructing Reality NPSY 176b
• Social Neuroscience and Culture NPSY 180a
• Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Infancy through Adolescence NPSY 182a
• Advanced Topics in Cognition NPSY 196b
• Advanced Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience NPSY 197a
• Human Neuropsychology NPSY 199a
• Advanced Topics in Data Analysis NBIO 207a
• Experimental Design and Analysis for Research Proposals NBIO 208a
• Principles of Neuroscience Research NBIO 240a
• Topics in Neurobiology NBIO 306a
• Senior Research NEUR 199a
• + 3 more courses

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.