| Faculty |
Department
and School |
Research Interest |
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R. Alison Adcock M.D, Ph.D
Assistant Professor |
Psychiatry& Behavioral Sciences
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neuromodulation of memory,
cognitive and behavioral change,
Schizophrenia & depression |
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Biology
Arts & Sciences
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neuroscience
Organismal Biology and Behavior
Drosophila olfaction |
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Nicole Calakos, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Medicine - Neurology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Synaptic plasticity mechanisms
Basal ganglia function
Dystonia, Tourette's, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Nell Cant, Ph.D
Associate Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
|
Neuroanatomy
Auditory Systems |
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Marc Caron, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor |
Cell Biology
Neurobiology, Medicine - Cardiology
School of Medicine |
Signal transduction in the brain
Schizophrenia and Depression
Monoamine related behavioral dysfunctions |
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Dona M. Chikaraishi, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Dean in the School of Medicine |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Catecholamine neurotransmitters - dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine |
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Cagla Eroglu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Cell Biology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Synaptogenesis
Astrocytes
Extracellular matrix |
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Jorg Grandl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Temperature-Activated Ion Channels
Mechanically-activated Ion Channels |
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Warren Grill, Ph.D.
Addy Professor
|
Biomedical Engineering
Pratt School of Engineering
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Electrical stimulation of the nervous system for restoration of function
Neural control of bladder and autonomic function
Computational neuroscience |
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Jennifer Groh, Ph.D.
Professor
Co-Director of DIBS |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Psychiology - Neuroscience
Arts & Sciences |
Multisensory processing
Audition
Motor control and visual processing |
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William C. Hall, Ph.D.
Professor |
Neurobiology,
School of Medicine
Psychology
Arts & Sciences |
Visuomotor integration
Motor systems
Eye movements |
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Ute Hochgeschwender, M.D.
Associate Research Professor;
Director, Duke Neurotransgenic Laboratory
|
Neurobiology,
School of Medicine |
Neurotechnology
Genetic modeling
|
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Scott Huettel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Director, Duke Center for Interdisciplinary Decision Science
Co-Director, DIBS |
Psychology & Neuroscience
Arts & Sciences
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neuroeconomics
Functional neuroimaging
Cognition |
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Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Origin and Mechanisms of Language
Neuroethology
Systems Neurobiology
Computatioinal Biology
Genomics of Vocal Learning
|
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Yonh-Hui Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics- Medical Genetics
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Genetics and epigenetics of neurodevelopmental disorders
Angelman and Prader-Willi Syndrome and Autism
Gene targeting and mouse models |
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Chay T. Kuo, MD, PhD
George W. Brumley Assistant Professor
|
Cell Biology
Pediatrics - Neonatology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Molecular and activity-dependent control of new neuron production/integration into the adult brain. |
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Wolfgang Liedtke, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Medicine - Neurology
Neurobiology,
School of Medicine |
Deconstruct sensing mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, organ/systems and organismal level. |
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Stephen Lisberger, Ph.D.
Chair
Neurobioloogy
|
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neural mechanisms of motor learning, visual guidance of eye movement, and sensory-motor function |
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Donald C. Lo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Center for Drug Discovery
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Novel drugs/drug targets and translational studies for neurological diseases |
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Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Molecular mechanisms underlying chemosensation (taste and smell) in mammals |
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James O. McNamara, M.D.
Carl R. Deane Professor
Chairman, Neurobiology |
Neurobiology
Medicine, Division of Neurology
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
School of Medicine |
Epileptogenesis
Signaling
Neurotrophins |
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Mohamad Mikati, M.D.
Wilbert C. Davison Professor |
Pediatrics-Neurology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Epilepsy
Imaging
Genetics |
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Richard D. Mooney, Ph.D.
George B. Geller Professor
Director of Graduate Studies Neurobiology |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Sensorimotor integration and imitative learning
Audition
Music and speech |
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John W. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
NA |
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Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D.
Anne W. Deane Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Pratt School of Engineering |
>Neural ensemble recording in behaving animals
Distributed processing of tactile invormation
Brain-Machine interfaces |
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Geoffrey Pitt, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor; Director, Ion Channel Research Unit |
Medicine - Cardiology
Neurobiology
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
School of Medicine |
Ion channel physiology
Epilepsy
Synaptic plasticity |
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Michael Platt, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, CCN |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Evolutionary Anthropology
Arts & Sciences |
Neural basis of decision-making
Neural basis of social behavior
Evolution of cognition |
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Dale Purves, M.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Professor and Director, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program
Executive Director, A*STaR Neuroscience Research Partnership Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
|
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Psychology & Neuroscience
Philosophy,
Arts & Sciences |
Music
Vision
Audition |
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Sridhar Raghavachari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Computational neuroscience, an interdisciplinary subject that combines mathematical analysis and computer modeling to understand brain function. |
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Debra Silver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Cerebral cortex development
Neural stem cells
Neurodevelopmental disorders
|
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Sidney A. Simon, Ph.D.
Research Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Biomedical Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering |
Gustation
Membrane biophysics |
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J.H. Pate Skene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neurogenomics |
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Scott Soderling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Cell Biology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Synapse development
Mental retardation
Actin cytoskeleton |
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Marc Sommer, PhD
Associate Professor |
Biomedical Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Vision
Cognition
Eye movements |
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Allen Song, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, BIAC |
Radiology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences |
MRI acquisition methodology
Brain function
MRI contrast mechanisms |
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Dan Tracey Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Anesthesiology
Cell Biology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Nociception and pain
Mechanotransduction
Perception of temperature |
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Dennis A. Turner, M.D.
Professor |
Surgery - Neurosurgery
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Movement disorders
stereotactic neurosurgery
complex spine abnormalities
general adult neurosurgery |
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Pelin Volkan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Biology
Arts & Sciences
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Development and evolution of CO2 sensory circuitry in Drosophila, Regulation of Odorant receptor choice, Class specific wiring of Odorant Receptor Neurons |
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Fan Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Cell Biology
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Mammalian touch sensory system
Regulation of neuronal endomembrane system |
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Anne E. West, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Epigenetics
Activity-regulated transcription
Synapse development and plasticity |
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Marty Woldorff, Ph.D.
Professor |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
|
Attention
Cognitive control
Perceptual awareness |
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Rebecca Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine |
Neuronal circuits that underlie simple decision-making.
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Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
School of Medicine
Physics
Arts & Sciences |
Memory
Cellular and molecular neurobiology |
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Henry Yin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Psychology & Neuroscience
Arts & Sciences |
Neural mechanisms underlying goal-directed and voluntary actions
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