Neuroscience Program
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Dr. Gretchen Hanson Gotthard Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience B.S., University of North Dakota Ph.D., Kent State University Core courses taught: Brain and Behavior (NSC 310); Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience (NSC 401) |
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Dr. Jordanna H. Sprayberry Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience B.S., University of Rhode Island Ph.D., University of Washington Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington Postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona Core courses taught: Neurons and Networks (NSC 311); Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience (NSC 401) |
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Dr. Jeremy Alden Teissere Associate Professor of Biology and Neuroscience Director, Neuroscience Program B.A., Willamette University Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison Postdoctoral fellow, Emory University Core courses taught: Mind and Brain (NSC 201); Neurons and Networks (NSC 311); Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience (NSC 401) |
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Dr. Patrick E. Williams Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience B.S., Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D., New York University Postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona Core courses taught: Brain and Behavior (NSC 310); Neurons and Networks (NSC 311); Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience (NSC 401) |
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Affiliate Faculty
Mary Constant Byrne, Lecturer in Biology; Director, Brain Camp
Laura Edelman, Professor of Psychology
Kathleen Harring, Professor of Psychology; Associate Dean for Institutional
Assessment
Elizabeth R. McCain, Professor of Biology; Chair, Department of Biology
Paul T. Meier, Associate Professor of Biology
Jeffrey Rudski, Professor of Psychology
Theodore W. Schick, Professor of Philosophy; Chair, Department of
Philosophy
Bruce C. Wightman, Professor of Biology
Connie Wolfe, Associate Professor of Psychology
Faculty Research
Faculty in the Neuroscience Program are highly engaged in scholarly research and committed to undergraduate research collaborations. Many students elect to carry out independent research alongside a faculty member. The results of student-faculty collaborations are presented in on-campus poster sessions and at annual professional meetings, such as the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting and the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (LVSFN) Annual Conference. Many students have co-authored and published research articles with faculty mentors. The Program has specific research and teaching strengths in:
• molecular neuroscience (Teissere, Wightman)
• cellular and sensory neuroscience (Sprayberry, Williams)
• computational modeling of neural signals and circuits (Sprayberry, Williams)
• behavioral neuroscience (Gotthard, Meier, Rudski)
• cognitive neuroscience (Edelman)
• developmental neuroscience (McCain, Wightman)
• neuropharmacology (Rudski, Teissere)
• neuroanatomy and neuroscience of movement (Byrne)
• mind and consciousness (Schick, Teissere)
If you are interested in performing research, you should seek out faculty members who would be appropriate mentors for your project at least a half-semester before you want to do research. Faculty often fill their available summer research positions by February or March. You don't need to know exactly what project you want to work on, just some basic ideas of what kind of research interests you. Choose a faculty member with research interests that parallel your own. Your project may be suggested by your faculty member, emerge through conversations with him/her, or develop independently from participation in lab journal clubs. We encourage all students interested in research to read the research descriptions on individual faculty pages in order to find the most appropriate match.