A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Acosta, Ana Maria
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
Description of Interests
I am interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying movement impairments after neural injury or disease and how the nervous system adapts. Current work examines the role of the trunk and the sh... [more]
Ahmed, Atique
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Description of Interests
Glioblastoma is a devastating disease that currently carries a median survival of 21 months. This is primarily due to the high rate of recurrence. At the Ahmed Lab, our goal is to study brain tumor pr... [more]
Alekseichuk, Ivan
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Description of Interests
The Precision Neuromodulation Lab investigates how macroscopic neural communications in the human brain encode cognition and emotions in wellness and disorders. We are concurrently developing and appl... [more]
Alexander, Emma
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Description of Interests
I am interested in low-level, bio-inspired, physics-based computer vision. New understanding of animals' brains and behavior can inspire new technology, particularly in the imaging and image processin... [more]
Amaral, Luis
Erastus Otis Haven Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Description of Interests
Neurodegenerative diseases are becoming one of the major causes of death in developed nations. Many of these diseases are strongly associated with aging, prompting the question of which are the change... [more]
Andersen, Erik
Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Description of Interests
Erik Andersen is a molecular and statistical geneticist working on behavioral and neurophysiological traits that differ among individuals in a population. In his lab, he uses classical, quantitative, ... [more]
Apkarian, Vania
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
We study brain mechanisms of acute and chronic pain, in humans and rodent models, using multiple technologies. The CTPR is a collaboration between multiple neuroscience labs with the aim of untangling... [more]
Augustin, Shana
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
The Augustin lab studies neuromodulation and associated intracellular signaling pathways that contribute to synaptic efficacy and circuit functions involved in decision making and behavior, as well as... [more]
Awatramani, Raj
Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
Dysfunctional dopamine (DA) signaling has been associated with a broad spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders, prompting investigations into how midbrain DA neuron heterogeneity may underpin this vari... [more]
Baker, Jim
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
My lab has closed and I now concentrate on teaching and assisting other motor systems labs. Our history is the study sensory-motor processing in vestibular and oculomotor systems, in mice and other ma... [more]