Faculty

Name Department Research interests Email
Hillel Adesnik Neuroscience

Neural basis of sensation, perception, and action

hadesnik@berkeley.edu
Robin Ball Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience rwball@berkeley.edu
Helen Bateup Neuroscience, Molecular and Cell Biology

Molecular basis of synapse and circuit changes associated with epilepsy and autism

bateup@berkeley.edu
Annaliese Beery Integrative Biology, Neuroscience

Mechanisms supporting affiliative social behavior between peers; neuroendocrinology of complex behavior

abeery@berkeley.edu
Steve Brohawn Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience

Molecular basis of sensory transduction and electrical signaling, especially mechanosensation

brohawn@berkeley.edu
Yang Dan Neuroscience

Neural circuits controlling sleep; mechanisms of executive control

ydan@berkeley.edu
Michael DeWeese Optometry, Neuroscience

Neural mechanisms underlying auditory processing and selective attention in the cerebral cortex and artificial neural networks

deweese@berkeley.edu
Gül Dölen Neuroscience and Psychology

Circuit and synaptic mechanisms of social cognition. 

David Feinberg Neuroscience

 MRI technology development, mapping columnar and visual circuitry, modeling neurovascular coupling

david.feinberg@berkeley.edu
Dan Feldman Neuroscience

Sensory processing and plasticity in the somatosensory cortex

dfeldman@berkeley.edu
Marla Feller Neuroscience

 Functional development and organization of neural circuits in the retina

mfeller@berkeley.edu
Yvette Fisher Neuroscience

 Flexibility of neural circuits for spatial navigation

yfisher@berkeley.edu
John Flannery Optometry, Neuroscience

Gene therapies for inherited retinal degenerations

flannery@berkeley.edu
David Foster Neuroscience

Encoding of spatial memory and navigation toward rewards by neural ensembles in the hippocampus

davidfoster@berkeley.edu
Jack Gallant Neuroscience

 Identifying cortical maps to discover how the brain represents information about the world and its own mental states

gallant@berkeley.edu
Ehud Isacoff Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience

Mechanisms of ion channel function, synapse development, plasticity, and neural circuit function

ehud@berkeley.edu
Richard Ivry Psychology, Neuroscience

Cognition and action, with an emphasis on how people select actions, learn skills, and produce coordinated movements

ivry@berkeley.edu
William Jagust Neuroscience

 Anatomic, biochemical, and neurochemical bases of brain aging and dementia

jagust@berkeley.edu
Na Ji Physics, Neuroscience

Novel imaging methods to understand the brain

jina@berkeley.edu
Daniela Kaufer Integrative Biology

Molecular mechanisms of brain plasticity in response to stress and neurological insults

danielak@berkeley.edu
Preeya Khanna Neuroscience, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Neural basis of dexterous motor skills and neurotechnology for restoring and rehabilitating movement

pkhanna@berkeley.edu
Richard Kramer Neuroscience

Novel chemical reagents for non-invasive optical sensing and manipulation of ion channels and synapses

rhkramer@berkeley.edu
Lance Kriegsfeld Psychology, Neuroscience

Brain and endocrine regulation of circadian rhythms

kreigsfeld@berkeley.edu
Stephan Lammel Neuroscience

Midbrain dopamine circuits in reward-based behaviors and pathological changes in addiction, depression and schizophrenia

lammel@berkeley.edu
Markita Landry Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Exploiting nanomaterials to probe and characterize complex biological systems at the nano-scale; nanosensors for brain chemistry

landry@berkeley.edu
Bruno Olshausen Optometry, Neuroscience

Computational models of sensory coding and visual perception

bolshausen@berkeley.edu
David Presti Neuroscience

How psychoactive substances contribute to understanding of the connection between physical processes in the brain and the psychology of mental states (the mind-body problem)

presti@berkeley.edu
Michael Silver Optometry, Neuroscience

Neurophysiological and neurochemical substrates of human visual perception, attention, and learning

masilver@berkeley.edu
Frédéric Theunissen Neuroscience

Perception of complex sounds

Theunissen@berkeley.edu
Doris Tsao Neuroscience

How the brain builds a model of the visual world

dortsao@berkeley.edu
Joni Wallis Neuroscience

Neuronal mechanisms underlying high-level cognitive and behavioral processes

wallis@berkeley.edu
Kevin Weiner Neuroscience, Psychology

Models to explain how brain structure and function contribute to measurable behaviors (e.g. face perception)

kweiner@berkeley.edu
Gerald Westheimer Neuroscience

Perceptual learning in spatial visual tasks

gwestheimer@berkeley.edu
Linda Wilbrecht Psychology, Neuroscience

Experience dependent plasticity and the development of circuits involved in value based decision making

wilbrecht@berkeley.edu
Michael Yartsev Neuroscience, BioEngineering

Neural basis of complex spatial and acoustic behaviors

myartsev@berkeley.edu
Bob Zucker Neuroscience

Mechanisms underlying regulation of synaptic transmission

zucker@berkeley.edu

Neuroscience Faculty