Neurobiology - All Faculty

• Ames, Heather M., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 328-5555
  HAmes@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Neuroscience, medical history, psychiatry.
• Asare-Owusu, Bridget , BS, Research Fellow
• Baidoo, Nana , PhD, MSc, Post Doc Fellow
• Baskakov, Ilia V., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4562
  baskakov@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases, prion diseases, neuroinflammation, reactive astrocytes, reactive microglia, Alzheimer's disease
• Bernstein, Steven L., MD, PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3712
  sbernstein@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Optic nerve, stroke stem cells
• Calarco, Cali A., PhD, Research Associate
• Calu, Donna J.., PhD, Associate Professor
  ‪(443) 302-9139‬
  dcalu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Reward, learning, motivation, attention, decision-making, addiction, obesity, individual differences, amygdala, insular cortex, striatum, dopamine, in vivo electrophysiology, optogenetics, chemogenetics, fiber photometry, dopamine sensing
• Capo Quetglas, Antonio , MS, Visiting Research Fellow
• Cardozo, Carlos , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Chandra, Ramesh , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-2770
  rchandra@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: addiction, depression, optogenetics, striatum, nucleus accumbens, neuron subtypes, epigenetics
• Cheer, Joseph F., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-0112
  jcheer@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cannabinoids, endocannabinoids, dopamine, motivation, addiction, depression, schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease, voltammetry, electrophysiology, optogenetics, chemogenetics, calcium imaging
• Conroy, Vincent M., PT, DScPT, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4312
  vconroy@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Efficacy of orthopedic physical therapy evaluation and interventions on patient outcomes with focus on supporting anatomical rationale; Functional Electrical Stimulation; and Student-provided service to under-served populations.
• Cramer, Nathan P., PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-7307
  ncramer@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: nociception, pain perception, stress
• Crino, Peter B., MD, PhD, Professor
  410-328-6266
  Keywords: Epilepsy, Autism, Intellectual Disability, Brain Development, Translational Neuroscience, mTOR, focal cortical dysplasia, tuberous sclerosis complex
• Erzurumlu, Reha S., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7401
  rerzu001@umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying axon-target interactions in mammalian sensory pathways. Molecular mechanisms of sensory axon elongation and arborization. Activity-dependent refinement of synaptic connections. NMDA receptor-mediated development and patterning of sensory maps. Recent research focuses on the development and plasticity of the cerebral cortex and somatosensory pathways. We use molecular biology, in vitro and in vivo electrophysiology, imaging, neuroanatomy and behavioral techniques to understand mechanisms underlying development of topographic maps, neural patterning, plasticity and neonatal injury-induced alterations in the trigeminal system.
• Faden, Alan I., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-4205
  afaden@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Neuroinflammation, Central Nervous System Injury, Neuroprotection, Cell Death and Recovery, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroimmunology, Transcriptions, Epigenetics.
• Gould, Todd D., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-5585
  gouldlab@me.com
  Keywords: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Antidepressant Pharmacology, Ketamine, Hydroxynorketamine, Lithium
• Haga, Catherine , PhD, BA, BS, Post Doc Fellow
• Heinbockel, Thomas , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  202-806-0058
  theinbockel@howard.edu
  Keywords: Neuroscience, cellular and network mechanisms of brain function studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods; neural signaling and synaptic transmission; drug discovery & development
• Hoffman, Kathleen A., PhD, Professor
• Hough, Zachary J., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Iffland, Philip H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-6015
  piffland@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cortical malformations, epilepsy, GATORopathies, mTORopathies, hemimegalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, PMSE, KPTN
• Jhou, Thomas C., PhD, Associate Professor
  x6-4459
  tjhou@som.umaryland.edu
• Jia, Xiaofeng , BM, PhD, Professor
  410-706-5025
  xjia@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Stem cell therapy; Peripheral nerve injury and regeneration; Brain recovery after cardiac arrest; Metabolic glycoengineering; Brain monitoring and therapeutic hypothermia; Spinal cord injury; Bone regeneration
• Juarez, Barbara , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4108
  bjuarez@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cellular excitability, ion channels, dopamine, substance-use disorder, opioids, stress, neural circuits, CRISPR/Cas9
• Kanold, Patrick O., PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Keller, Asaf , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7307
  akeller@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: sensory perception, chronic pain, descending pain modulation, drug abuse, substance use in pregnancy
• Kelly, Michy P., PhD, Associate Professor
  667-900-8704
  michy.kelly@som.umaryland.edu
• Khachaturian, Henry , PhD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Ksendzovsky, Alexander , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Lee, Seung Chan , PhD, Research Associate
• Li, Cheng-Yu , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Lindberg, Iris , PhD, Professor
  410-706-4778
  ilindberg@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, protein chaperones, proteostais, ALS
• Lipinski, Marta M., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-5187
  mlipinski@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Autophagy, Lysosomes, Neuroinflammation, Lipid Metabolism, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurodegenerative Disease, Brain Aging
• Liu, Shuai , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Lobo, Mary Kay , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-8824
  mklobo@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Addiction, depression, stereotypy, striatum, nucleus accumbens, neuron subtypes, circuits, gene expression, transcription, epigenetics
• Lujan, Miguel A., PhD, MSc, Research Associate
  (775) 200-5843
  mlujan@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Endocannabinoids, Dopamine, Fiber photometry, Systems neuroscience, Sex differences, Drug self-administration.
• Makarava, Natallia , BS, Research Associate
  410-706-4563
  nmakarava@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Prions, neurodegenerative diseases, neuroinflammation
• Margolis, Frank L., PhD, Professor Emeritus
  (410) 706-8913
  fmargolis@som.umaryland.edu flmomp@gmail.com
  Keywords: Chemosensory, olfaction, gene regulation,
• Martin, David Alexander , PhD, Research Associate
• Masri, Radi , PhD, Professor
• Mekonen, Hayelom K., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Merchenthaler, Istvan J., MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
  (410) 706-1350
  imerchen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Estrogen therapy, menopause, hot flushes, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, PACAP38, infertility, animal models
• Monteiro, Mervyn J., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-8132
  monteiro@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Neurodegenerative diseases, ALS, FTD, Alzheimer's disease, protein misfolding, ubiquilin, proteasome, autophagy
• Munger, Steven D., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-5851
  smung001@umaryland.edu
• Olusakin, Jimmy , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Pickard, Hanna , DPhil, Adjunct Professor
• Pielago, Jose Martin S., MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Puche, Adam C., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3530
  apuche@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Olfactory, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, imaging
• Pumplin, David W., PhD, Professor (Adjunct Faculty I I)
• Rebassa Palou, Joan Gabriel , BS, MS, MSc, Visiting Research Fellow
• Roach, Robert Merritt , MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Rojas Lopez, Juan Camilo , , Visiting Research Fellow
• Royal, Walter , MD, Adjunct Professor
  410-328-5605
  wroyal@som.umaryland.edu
• Schoenbaum, Geoffrey , MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-3814
  schoenbg@schoenbaumlab.org
• Scott, Samantha , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Shaham, Yavin , PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Stoica, Bogdan A., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-5186
  bstoica@som.umaryland.edu
• Suarez, Alexander D., MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Thompson, Summer L., PhD, MS, Assistant Professor
  summer.thompson@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Alcohol, decision making, glutamate, gut-brain axis, reward
• Traub, Richard J., PhD, Professor
• Venniro, Marco , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-1395
  marco.venniro@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Translation, Animal models, Substance Use Disorders, Social Reward, Amygdala, Decision Making
• Weber, Sophia , BS, PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Woodworth, Graeme F., MD, Professor
  410-328-6148
  gwoodworth@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors, Vestibular Schwannoma/Acoustic Neuroma, Spinal tumors, Chiari malformation, Adult hydrocephalus, MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound, Awake brain surgery, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
• Wu, Junfang , BM, PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5189
  junfang.wu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, aging, dementia, neuropathic pain, inflammation, neuroprotection, autophagy-lysosomal, extracellular vesicles, Hv1/NOX2/ROS, TrkB.T1, motor function, cognition, depression, olfaction, microglia, neurons, astrocytes
• Zhou, Fuwen , BM, MM, Dr. rer. nat., Assistant Professor
  (410)706-7119
  fuwen.zhou@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: HCN and TRP channels, neural excitation in healthy animals and animal models of human diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy); olfactory bulb; cortex; local and centrifugal circuits; short-term plasticity; in vivo and in vitro neural electrophysiology; neuroanatomy with fiber photometry and multiphoton imaging