29 faculty and 15 courses in Neuroscience at Yale University.
- John Krystal, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research h-index 158
Notable: “Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients” (2000) · 3,842 citations
- Gregory McCarthy, Henry Ford II Professor of Psychology h-index 100
Notable: “Electrophysiological Studies of Face Perception in Humans” (1996) · 3,129 citations
- Marvin Chun, Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience h-index 86
Notable: “The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception” (1997) · 7,950 citations
- Jane Taylor, Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry, of Psychology and of Neuroscience h-index 86
Notable: “Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability” (2003) · 1,733 citations
- Amy Arnsten, Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology h-index 84
Notable: “Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function” (2009) · 3,156 citations
- Dana Small, Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology h-index 60
Es on understanding how sensory, metabolic and neural signals are integrated to determine food choices and on how the dysregulation of these systems contribute to the development of obesity, diabetes and cognitive impairment. My group prima
Notable: “Changes in brain activity related to eating chocolate: From pleasure to aversion” (2001) · 1,178 citations
- Philip Corlett, Associate Professor of Psychiatry h-index 58
Notable: “The role of default network deactivation in cognition and disease” (2012) · 1,018 citations
- Dylan Gee, Assistant Professor h-index 55
Es on developmental psychopathology, with a particular focus on early adversity and risk for anxiety and stress-related disorders. Dr. Gee’s research is funded by the NIMH, a NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, a NARSAD Young Investiga
Notable: “The oscillating brain: Complex and reliable” (2009) · 1,472 citations
- Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology h-index 54
Notable: “The evolution of self-control” (2014) · 839 citations
- Hedy Kober, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology h-index 51
Notable: “The brain basis of emotion: A meta-analytic review” (2012) · 2,324 citations
- Haig Keshishian, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology h-index 43
Notable: “A conditional tissue-specific transgene expression system using inducible GAL4” (2001) · 813 citations
- Paul Forscher, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology h-index 39
- Robb Rutledge, Assistant Professor h-index 39
Notable: “A computational and neural model of momentary subjective well-being” (2014) · 455 citations
- Steve Chang, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 35
Notable: “Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon” (2010) · 1,188 citations
- Ifat Levy, Associate Professor h-index 34
Es on decision-making under uncertainty, and on value learning and encoding. To study these topics we combine behavioral economics methods with functional MRI, as well as eye tracking and physiological measurements. Yale Accessibility at Ya
Notable: “Intersubject Synchronization of Cortical Activity During Natural Vision” (2004) · 1,967 citations
- Sreeganga Chandra, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience h-index 30
Notable: “α-Synuclein Cooperates with CSPα in Preventing Neurodegeneration” (2005) · 959 citations
- Maria Gendron, Assistant Professor h-index 29
Notable: “Context in Emotion Perception” (2011) · 917 citations
- Michael O'Donnell, Assistant Professor in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology h-index 22
- Samuel McDougle, Assistant Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning” (2015) · 421 citations
- Douglas Kankel, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology h-index 17
Notable: “Patterns of cell division and cell movement in the formation of the imaginal nervous system in Drosophila melanogaster” (1978) · 252 citations
- Ilker Yildirim, Assistant Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Galileo: perceiving physical object properties by integrating a physics engine with deep learning” (2015) · 263 citations
- Linda Mayes, Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology h-index 5
Es on stress-response and regulatory mechanisms in young children at both biological and psychosocial risk. She has especially focused on the impact of prenatal substance use on children’s long-term outcomes. She has made contributions to u
Notable: “Playing and therapeutic action in child analysis.” (1993) · 26 citations
- Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Associate Professor
- James McPartland, Associate Professor in the Child Study Center and of Psychology
- John Murray, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience and of Physics
- Jutta Joormann, Professor of Psychology
- Nick Turk-Browne, Professor
- Tyrone Cannon, Clark L. Hull Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry
Notable: “746. Distinct Pathways From Early Adversity to Poor Functioning in High-Risk Youth: The Roles of MMN and Neurocognition” (2026)
- Weimin Zhong, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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.