31 faculty and 0 courses in Neuroscience at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Williams, Morika D., Assistant Professor h-index 98
My research focuses on behavioral neuroscience and the mechanisms of neurobiology and neurophysiology of pain processing, with a special emphasis on the newborn. The ultimate research goal is to better understand, recognize, and alleviate p
- Snider, William D., Professor and Founding Director h-index 75
Ed on roles the neurotrophin family of growth factors and their signaling mediators in neural development. My laboratory was continuously funded by the NIH for more than 30 years. A full publication list can be found at:
Notable: “Functions of the neurotrophins during nervous system development: What the knockouts are teaching us” (1994) · 1,430 citations
- Stein, Jason, Associate Professor h-index 58
Notable: “De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism” (2012) · 2,163 citations
- Heinzen, Erin, Associate Professor h-index 54
Notable: “Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance” (2009) · 3,520 citations
- Won, Hyejung, Associate Professor h-index 49
Notable: “Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder” (2019) · 2,636 citations
- Frohlich, Flavio, Professor h-index 45
Notable: “Endogenous Electric Fields May Guide Neocortical Network Activity” (2010) · 940 citations
- Anton, Eva, Professor h-index 43
Notable: “Reelin Binds α3β1 Integrin and Inhibits Neuronal Migration” (2000) · 570 citations
- Kato, Hiroyuki, Associate Professor h-index 42
Notable: “Overview of pretreatment strategies for enhancing sewage sludge disintegration and subsequent anaerobic digestion: Current advances, full-scale application and future perspectives” (2016) · 850 citations
- Cohen, Todd, Associate Professor h-index 39
- Song, Juan, Professor h-index 37
To identify the mechanisms that regulate neural circuit organization and function at distinct stages of adult neurogenesis, and to understand how circuit-level information-processing properties are remodeled by the integration of new neu
Notable: “Single-Cell RNA-Seq with Waterfall Reveals Molecular Cascades underlying Adult Neurogenesis” (2015) · 832 citations
- Wu, Guorong, Assistant Professor h-index 34
Notable: “DynamicBC : A MATLAB Toolbox for Dynamic Brain Connectome Analysis” (2014) · 311 citations
- Brenman, Jay, Professor h-index 30
Notable: “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy” (2012) · 4,046 citations
- Christoffel, Daniel, Assistant Professor h-index 26
Notable: “Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons” (2012) · 1,163 citations
- Walsh, Jessica, Assistant Professor h-index 26
Neural circuit mechanisms underlying motivated behavior Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders Functional and anatomical mapping of the brain Research Synopsis Social behavior is composed of a variety of distinct forms of interactions
Notable: “Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons” (2012) · 1,163 citations
- Hantman, Adam, Associate Professor h-index 25
Notable: “A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons” (2016) · 1,328 citations
- Ritola, Kimberly, Associate Professor, Director UNC Neuroscience Center h-index 23
Notable: “A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons” (2016) · 1,328 citations
- Rodriguez-Romaguera, Jose, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Efficient and accurate extraction of in vivo calcium signals from microendoscopic video data” (2018) · 832 citations
- Diering, Graham, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Notable: “The AMPA Receptor Code of Synaptic Plasticity” (2018) · 890 citations
- Itano, Michelle, Assistant Professor, Director Microscopy Core h-index 17
Notable: “Best practices and tools for reporting reproducible fluorescence microscopy methods” (2021) · 125 citations
- Pegard, Nicolas C., Assistant Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Wrinkles and deep folds as photonic structures in photovoltaics” (2012) · 394 citations
- Mealer, Robert G., Assistant Professor h-index 14
Genetics of severe mental illness, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder About As an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, Dr. Mealer’s research focuses on schizophrenia risk genes and glycosylation, the process of adding carbohydrat
Notable: “Rhes, a Striatal-selective Protein Implicated in Huntington Disease, Binds Beclin-1 and Activates Autophagy” (2013) · 123 citations
- Yang, En, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Effects of Mirror Therapy on Motor and Sensory Recovery in Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial” (2013) · 166 citations
- Khan, Shahzad S., Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Real-time measurement of dopamine fluctuations after cocaine in the brain of behaving rats” (2005) · 486 citations
- Zylka, Mark, W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and Director h-index 10
Notable: “Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse neocortical development” (2019) · 320 citations
- Deshmukh, Mohanish, Professor h-index 3
Notable: “BDNF Blocks Caspase-3 Activation in Neonatal Hypoxia–Ischemia” (2000) · 270 citations
- Shen, Mark, Associate Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid volumes from 6 to 24 months of age are associated with poorer executive function at school-age in children with and without autism” (2026) · 2 citations
- Baldwin, Katie, Assistant Professor
- Gupton, Stephanie, Associate Professor
- Philpot, Ben, Kenan Distinguished Professor and Associate Director
- Scherrer, Gregory, Professor
- Yadav, Amol, Assistant Professor
Notable: “Axonal spike-count regimes link spinal cord stimulation periodicity to artificial sensory detection and discrimination in rodents” (2026)
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.