Neuroscience
Jennifer Schisa, Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Program Faculty:
Cynthia Damer, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Cell signaling, cytoskeleton, and membrane trafficking.
Peter Dijkstra, Ph.D., University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Oxidative stress, reproduction and social dominance, social network analysis.
Gary Dunbar, Ph.D., Clark University. Stem cell, dietary supplements, and pharmacological therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s diseases.
Samantha L. Hahn, Ph.D., MPH, RD, University of Michigan. Eating disorders and eating-related health disparities among vulnerable populations.
Ute Hochgeschwender, M.D., Free University Berlin, Germany. Development and applications of bioluminescent optogenetic tools.
Yannick Marchalant, Ph.D., Université de Caen, France. Influence of brain aging and neuroinflammatory processes on the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Kevin Park, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pathological mechanisms of sporadic Alzheimer's Disease, neuroinflammation, amyloid pathology, tau pathology, senescence.
Eric Peterson, Ph.D., Central Michigan University. Development of tools using rational protein design and protein evolution to either report or control neuronal activity based on the presence of various neurotransmitters.
Julien Rossignol, Ph.D., Nantes University, France. Molecular biology, neuroimmunology, nanoparticle gene therapy, Huntington's disease, glioblastoma, stroke, stem cell therapy in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.
Shasta Sabo, Ph.D., Rockefeller University. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal development, synapse formation, Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, NMDA receptors, cellular imaging, live imaging, neuropharmacology.
Michael Sandstrom, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Assessing brain plasticity, compensatory neuronal activity, or neurochemical control during active behavior at various stages of deteriorative brain diseases, such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s using animal models.
Naveen Sharma, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Mechanisms of aging, dietary and exercise interventions.
Michelle Steinhilb, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Genetic models of human neurodegenerative disease, cellular and molecular neurobiology.
Course Designator:
NSC - Neuroscience
The Programs:
Master of Science (M.S.) in Neuroscience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Neuroscience