T32 trainees must select both a primary mentor and a co-mentor to guide their cross-disciplinary doctoral research. The list of currently eligible mentors is provided below.
| Faculty and Department | Research & Topics |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Apicella NDRB |
Cortical microcircuits, sensory information processing, optogenetics in awake behaving mice |
| Lacy Barton NDRB |
Cell signaling and migration, reproductive developmental biology, Drosophila model system |
| Brian Brigham BHE |
Experimental design, data analysis using software such as GraphPad Prism, R, and Jamovi |
| Erika Tatiana Camacho Math, NDRB |
Mathematical modeling, retina degeneration research |
| Astrid Cardona MMI |
Functional interactions between immune cells, microglia, neurons, and blood vessels |
| Melanie Carless NDRB |
Epigenetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders, human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| Thomas Forsthuber MMI |
Multiple Sclerosis and neuroimmune interactions, adaptive immunity |
| Maria Gonzalez Porras BME & CE |
Adipose tissue cells, metabolic dysfunctions in obesity and cancer |
| Brian Hermann NDRB |
Single cell gene expression, germline stem cells, non-human primate models |
| Joseph Houpt Psychology |
Mathematical psychology, quantitative models of cognitive psychology and memory |
| Jenny Hsieh NDRB |
Epilepsy, developmental and adult neurogenesis, 3D brain organoid models |
| Chiung-Yu Hung MMI |
Cell biology, genetics, vaccine, and drug discovery |
| Hyoung-gon Lee NDRB |
Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, aberrant cell cycle activation and insulin signaling |
| Itamar Lerner Psychology |
Cognitive and computational neuroscience of memory and learning, sleep effects on cognition |
| Lindsey Macpherson NDRB |
Taste circuitry, molecules, cells, and circuits involved in chemosensation, gut-brain signaling |
| John McCarrey NDRB |
Epigenetic regulation of cell function, mammalian germ cell and stem cells |
| Stan McHardy Chemistry |
Small molecule drug discovery and medicinal chemistry |
| Chris Navara NDRB |
Human and non-human primate pluripotent stem cells, neuronal differentiation of stem cells |
| Leslie Neely NDRB |
Applied behavioral therapy, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism |
| George Perry NDRB |
Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, oxidative stress, and role of redox active metals |
| Christopher Rathbone BME & CE |
Tissue engineering approaches to promote brain vascularization |
| Gabriela Romero Uribe BME & CE |
Biologically inspired drug delivery systems, stimuli responsive nanomaterials |
| Fidel Santamaria NDRB |
Computational neuroscience, experiments, and modeling of cerebellar function |
| Francesco Savelli NDRB |
Neural basis of navigation, neurophysiology, and function of the hippocampal formation |
| Janakiram Seshu MMI |
Pathogenic bacteria and host-pathogen interactions, neurologic Lyme disease |
| Marina Silveira NDRB |
Auditory circuits, neuropeptide signaling, mechanisms of hearing loss |
| Alexey Soshnev NDRB |
Chromatin and transcriptional regulation of neurodevelopment and intellectual disability |
| Gongchen Sun BME & CE |
Microfluidics and cell engineering approaches |
| Jeffrey Vedanayagam NDRB |
Bioinformatics, computational biology, and machine learning, gene regulatory networks |
| Matt Wanat NDRB |
Drug addiction, learning and memory, neurobiology of motivated behavior, stress |
