Neurobiology - Primary Faculty

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Cramer, Nathan P., PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-7307
  ncramer@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: nociception, pain perception, stress
• Haga, Catherine , PhD, BA, BS, Post Doc Fellow
• Hough, Zachary J., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Jhou, Thomas C., PhD, Associate Professor
  x6-4459
  tjhou@som.umaryland.edu
• 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)
• Lee, Seung Chan , PhD, Research Associate
• Lindberg, Iris , PhD, Professor
  410-706-4778
  ilindberg@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, protein chaperones, proteostais, ALS
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• Roach, Robert Merritt , MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Rojas Lopez, Juan Camilo , , Visiting Research Fellow
• Schoenbaum, Geoffrey , MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-3814
  schoenbg@schoenbaumlab.org
• Scott, Samantha , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Shaham, Yavin , PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Suarez, Alexander D., MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• Subhramanian, Sunitha , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
• Venniro, Marco , PhD, Associate 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