8 faculty and 0 courses in Neuroscience at Oberlin College.
- Patrick Simen, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 21
Of Study Neuroscience Linguistics Education ScB, math and AB in philosophy, Brown University, 1993 PhD, computer science and engineering, University of Michigan, 2004 Postdoctoral research in psychology/neuroscience, Princeton Uni
Notable: “A Model of Interval Timing by Neural Integration” (2011) · 343 citations
- Tracie Paine, Claire Emma McGreggor '11 Professor of Neuroscience h-index 18
Neuropharmacology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Attention, Impulse control, Substance Abuse Select Publications Paine TA, Pierotti C, Swanson ES, Martin Del Campo Z, Kulkarni S, Zhang J (2023). Sex, but not juvenile stress, affects reversal lea
Notable: “Cocaine-induced anxiety: alleviation by diazepam, but not buspirone, dimenhydrinate or diphenhydramine” (2002) · 113 citations
- Christopher Howard, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 15
Teaching Neurophysiology, Introductory Neuroscience Research Dopamine and action selection, habit formation, drug addiction, dopamine neurotransmission, Parkinson’s disease, timing (interval judgment) Publications van der Merwe
Notable: “Alterations in the Vaginal Microbiome by Maternal Stress Are Associated With Metabolic Reprogramming of the Offspring Gut and Brain” (2015) · 336 citations
- Gunnar Kwakye, Robert W. & Eleanor H. Biggs Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Department Chair h-index 14
- Michelle Johnson, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 9
Notable: “Lysosome dysfunction as a cause of neurodegenerative diseases: Lessons from frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” (2021) · 246 citations
- Leslie Kwakye, Associate Professor of Neuroscience h-index 7
Notable: “An extended multisensory temporal binding window in autism spectrum disorders” (2010) · 415 citations
- Elliot Sommer, Director of Pre-Health Advising
- Monica Olszens, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
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.