Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Brown University

29 faculty and 19 courses in Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Brown University.

Faculty

• John Stein, Teaching Professor of Neuroscience h-index 95
  Notable: “To see but not to read; the magnocellular theory of dyslexia” (1997) · 1,236 citations
• John Donoghue, Professor of Neuroscience, Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of Neuroscience h-index 77
  Brain science brain-computer interfaces neurocomputation neuroprosthetics Neuroscience rehabilitation Publications Visualize it View All (89) Article (73) Other (2
  Notable: “Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia” (2006) · 3,331 citations
• Diane Hoffman-Kim, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Engineering h-index 65
  Axon biomaterials biomedical engineering Nanotechnology nerve neuron regeneration tissue engineering Research Research Overview The goal of th
• Christopher I. Moore, Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director of the Carney Institute h-index 58
  Notable: “Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses” (2009) · 2,740 citations
• James A. Simmons, Professor of Biology h-index 50
  Auditory system Bats biosonar echolocation hearing Publications Visualize it View All (127) Article (126) Conference Paper (1) Wheeler, Alyssa R., Fulton, Kara A., Gaudette, Jaso
• David Berson, Professor of Neuroscience, Vice-Chair h-index 44
  Brain circadian electrophysiology eye melanopsin neuroanatomy neurophysiology Neuroscience optic photoreceptor &nb
  Notable: “Phototransduction by Retinal Ganglion Cells That Set the Circadian Clock” (2002) · 3,627 citations
• Jerome Sanes, Professor of Neuroscience, Director of MRI Facility h-index 44
  Action intention human brain organization motor learning non-image formation vision On the Web Laboratory Information Carny Institute for Brain Science Publications Visualize it View All (86
  Notable: “Plasticity and Primary Motor Cortex” (2000) · 1,212 citations
• Anne Hart, Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of Neuroscience h-index 44
  ALS Caenorhabditis elegans development fatigue FTD (Frontotemporal dementia) genetics Huntington's disease Molecular biology
  Notable: “A Conserved SREBP-1/Phosphatidylcholine Feedback Circuit Regulates Lipogenesis in Metazoans” (2011) · 485 citations
• Justin Fallon, Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior h-index 42
  Alzheimer disease Cell biology drug discovery extracellular matrix fragile X syndrome: autism molecular neurobiology muscle sarcopenia
  Notable: “Internalization of ionotropic glutamate receptors in response to mGluR activation” (2001) · 538 citations
• Diane Lipscombe, Professor of Neuroscience, Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Science h-index 37
  Alternative splicing Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis analgesic bipolar disorder brain calcium drugs gene structure ion channels &n
  Notable: “Multiple types of neuronal calcium channels and their selective modulation” (1988) · 1,383 citations
• Wilson Truccolo, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Pablo J. Salame Goldman Sachs Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience h-index 32
  Brain-computer interfaces brain-machine interfaces collective neural dynamics computational neuroscience Epilepsy neuroengineering Neurological disorders &n
  Notable: “A Point Process Framework for Relating Neural Spiking Activity to Spiking History, Neural Ensemble, and Extrinsic Covariate Effects” (2004) · 1,114 citations
• Stephanie Jones, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 32
  Computational neuroscience electroencephalography magnetoencephalography mathematics neural rhythms TMS On the Web Brown News Release: New Theory on Beta Waves Jones Labo
  Notable: “A critical role for NMDA receptors in parvalbumin interneurons for gamma rhythm induction and behavior” (2011) · 683 citations
• David Sheinberg, Professor of Neuroscience, Vice-Chair of Neuroscience h-index 31
  Eye movements microstimulation neural coding object recognition optogenetics scene recognition spike timing synchrony visual att
  Notable: “Visual Object Recognition” (1996) · 1,327 citations
• Matt Nassar, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 30
  Es on understanding how the brain flexibly processes information to achieve complex and adaptive behaviors. Brown Affiliations Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences Neuroscience On the Web Learning, Memory and Decision Lab Resea
  Notable: “Rational regulation of learning dynamics by pupil-linked arousal systems” (2012) · 801 citations
• Gilad Barnea, Professor of Neuroscience, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual Science, and Neuroscience h-index 28
  Axonal guidance coding dopamine fly Gustation mouse Neural circuits odor discrimination odorant receptors olfactio
  Notable: “The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation” (2007) · 702 citations
• Carlos Aizenman, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 28
  Autism brain development Epilepsy excitability fragile X syndrome: autism matrix metalloprotinases multisensory neural modeling
  Notable: “Common Forms of Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus and Neocortex in Vitro” (1993) · 483 citations
• Michael Paradiso, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 27
  Neurophysiology perception vision Publications Visualize it View All (65) Article (59) Book (4) Book Section (2) Paradiso, Michael A., Akers-Campbell, Seth, Ruiz, Octavio, Niemeyer, James E., Geman, Stuart
  Notable: “Brightness perception and filling-in” (1991) · 309 citations
• Elena Oancea, Professor of Medical Science h-index 25
  Cancer fluorescence ion channels live imaging melanocyte microscopy skin total internal reflection Trp Research Research Overvie
• Karla Kaun, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 24
  Addiction behavior Drosophila melanogaster genetics memory molecular neuroscience reward On the Web Kaun Lab Website Publications Visualize it View Al
  Notable: “Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila” (2014) · 768 citations
• Alexander Fleischmann, Professor of Neuroscience, Provost's Professor of Brain Science h-index 22
  Notable: “Fra-1 replaces c-Fos-dependent functions in mice” (2000) · 468 citations
• Alexander Jaworski, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 21
  Es on the molecular mechanisms of axon guidance and neural circuit formation. Brown Affiliations Neuroscience Research Areas ALS axon axon guidance Biochemistry brain cir
  Notable: “Operational redundancy in axon guidance through the multifunctional receptor Robo3 and its ligand NELL2” (2015) · 119 citations
• Kate O'Connor-Giles, Professor of Neuroscience, Provost's Professor of Brain Science h-index 20
  Es on how neurons communicate. We are particularly interested in how neurons build synaptic connections that reliably control behavior while maintaining the ability to modulate their function over a lifetime of new experiences and environme
  Notable: “Highly Specific and Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Catalyzed Homology-Directed Repair in Drosophila” (2014) · 1,073 citations
• Ahmed Abdelfattah, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 18
  Biosensors brain imaging fluorescence microscopy fluorescent proteins fluoresence imaging Neural circuits neurotransmission optogenetics
• Theresa Desrochers, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 11
  Notable: “Two different lateral amygdala cell populations contribute to the initiation and storage of memory” (2001) · 437 citations
• Anda Chirila, Manning Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 9
  Body-brain physiology dorsal horn in vivo electrophysiology mechanotransduction Molecular genetics Neural circuits optogenetics somatosensatio
  Notable: “The Cellular and Synaptic Architecture of the Mechanosensory Dorsal Horn” (2016) · 434 citations
• Monica Linden, Teaching Professor of Neuroscience h-index 5
  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Publications Visualize it View All (9) Article (6) Other (3) Brancaccio-Taras, Loretta, Awong-Taylor, Judy, Linden, Monica, Marley, Kate, Reiness, C. Gary, Uzman, J. Akif. "The PULSE Diversity Equi
  Notable: “The PULSE Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Rubric: a Tool To Help Assess Departmental DEI Efforts” (2022) · 16 citations
• Leenoy Meshulam, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Physics
• Sonia Mayoral, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
  Glial Cell Biology Myelin Neuron Glia Interactions Neuroscience Oligodendroglia On the Web Lab Website Publications Visualize it Article (14) Pan S, Mayoral SR, Choi HS, Chan JR
• Ted Wilson, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
  Es on the cellular mechanisms that shape vulnerability and resilience in neurodegenerative disease. His laboratory integrates a range of experimental approaches to address three interconnected priorities: defining the cellular neurobiology

Courses

• The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience NEUR 0010
• Principles of Neurobiology NEUR 1020
• Neural Systems NEUR 1030
• Introduction to Neurogenetics NEUR 1040
• Mechanisms and Meaning of Neural Dynamics NEUR 1440
• Neurotechnology: Molecular Tools and Methods for Neurobiology NEUR 1510
• Communication In the Brain: What We Know and How We Know It NEUR 1530
• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory NEUR 1540
• Developmental Neurobiology NEUR 1560
• The Non-Neuronal Brain NEUR 1570
• Experimental Neurobiology NEUR 1600
• Big Data Neuroscience Ideas Lab NEUR 1630
• Behavioral Neurogenetics Laboratory NEUR 1640
• Structure of the Nervous System NEUR 1650
• Neural Computation in Learning and Decision-Making NEUR 1660
• Neuropharmacology and Synaptic Transmission NEUR 1670
• Computational Neuroscience NEUR 1680
• The Diseased Brain: Mechanisms of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders NEUR 1740
• Statistical Neuroscience NEUR 2110

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.