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.
Martinelli, Elena
Professor of Medicine - Infectious Disease
Description of Interests
One focus of the research in the lab is the impact of HIV in the CNS, including HIV persistance mechanisms and consequences (such as HIV-related neurocognitive dysfunction)
Mazzulli, Joe
Associate Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Description of Interests
The Mazzulli Lab is interested in determining how protein misfolding and amyloid formation results in cell death. Many chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease a... [more]
McIver, Malcolm
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Description of Interests
Professor MacIver believes that the body’s mechanical intelligence can be just as important, if not more important, than what’s going on in your head. His primary scientific efforts are in understandi... [more]
McNally, Elizabeth
Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
Description of Interests
We study neuromuscular disorders including those that primarily affect skeletal muscle like the muscular dystrophies. Our work has uncovered primary mutations that lead to neuromuscular disease and cr... [more]
Menichella, Daniela Maria
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
My laboratory investigates the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain in hereditary and acquired peripheral neuropathies with a particular focus on Painful Diabetic Neuropa... [more]
Mesulam, Marsel
Director, Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease - Department of Neurology
Description of Interests
https://sites.northwestern.edu/mesulam/
Miller, Lee
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
The primary goal of the research we do in this lab is to understand the nature of the somatosensory and motor signals within the brain that control our movements. We study the "language" of these cont... [more]
Miri, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
The patterns of muscle activation that drive movement reflect an interplay between neuronal circuits in the spinal cord and an array of motor system regions. Yet how this interplay gives rise to the r... [more]
Mittal, Vijay
Associate Professor of Psychology
Description of Interests
I work to examine the intersection between adolescent development and emerging mental illness. The lab examines developmental trajectories, in an effort to understand pathogenesis, develop early ident... [more]
Morimoto, Richard
Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology
Description of Interests
Human lifespan has increased dramatically, and with this is the increased risk for dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. Aging and degenerative diseases are closely linked with a poor response to c... [more]