Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Brown University

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

Faculty

• 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
• Christopher I. Moore, Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director of the Carney Institute h-index 58
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Carlos Aizenman, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 28
  Autism brain development Epilepsy excitability fragile X syndrome: autism matrix metalloprotinases multisensory neural modeling
• 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
• Diane Hoffman-Kim, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Engineering h-index 24
  Axon biomaterials biomedical engineering Nanotechnology nerve neuron regeneration tissue engineering Research Research Overview The goal of th
• Alexander Fleischmann, Professor of Neuroscience, Provost's Professor of Brain Science h-index 22
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Anda Chirila, Manning Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
  Body-brain physiology dorsal horn in vivo electrophysiology mechanotransduction Molecular genetics Neural circuits optogenetics somatosensatio
• Anne Hart, Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of Neuroscience
  ALS Caenorhabditis elegans development fatigue FTD (Frontotemporal dementia) genetics Huntington's disease Molecular biology
• David Berson, Professor of Neuroscience, Vice-Chair
  Brain circadian electrophysiology eye melanopsin neuroanatomy neurophysiology Neuroscience optic photoreceptor &nb
• Diane Lipscombe, Professor of Neuroscience, Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Science
  Alternative splicing Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis analgesic bipolar disorder brain calcium drugs gene structure ion channels &n
• John Stein, Teaching Professor of Neuroscience
• Leenoy Meshulam, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Physics
• Matt Nassar, Associate Professor of Neuroscience
  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
• Michael Paradiso, Professor of Neuroscience
  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
• 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
• Stephanie Jones, Professor of Neuroscience
  Computational neuroscience electroencephalography magnetoencephalography mathematics neural rhythms TMS On the Web Brown News Release: New Theory on Beta Waves Jones Labo
• 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 2026-07-01.