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Neurobiology - All Faculty

  • Ames, Heather M., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 328-5555
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    Keywords: Neuroscience, medical history, psychiatry.
  • Asare-Owusu, Bridget , BS, Research Fellow
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  • Baskakov, Ilia V., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4562
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    Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases, prion diseases, neuroinflammation, reactive astrocytes, reactive microglia, Alzheimer's disease
  • Bernstein, Steven L., MD, PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-3712
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    Keywords: Optic nerve, stroke stem cells
  • Calarco, Cali A., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Calu, Donna J.., PhD, Associate Professor
    ‪(443) 302-9139‬
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    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
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  • Chandra, Ramesh , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-2770
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    Keywords: addiction, depression, optogenetics, striatum, nucleus accumbens, neuron subtypes, epigenetics
  • Cheer, Joseph F., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-0112
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    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
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    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
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    Keywords: nociception, pain perception, stress
  • Crino, Peter B., MD, PhD, Professor
    410-328-6266
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    Keywords: Epilepsy, Autism, Intellectual Disability, Brain Development, Translational Neuroscience, mTOR, focal cortical dysplasia, tuberous sclerosis complex
  • Erzurumlu, Reha S., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7401
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    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
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    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
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    Keywords: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Antidepressant Pharmacology, Ketamine, Hydroxynorketamine, Lithium
  • Heinbockel, Thomas , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    202-806-0058
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    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
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  • Hough, Zachary J., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Iffland, Philip H., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-6015
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    Keywords: Cortical malformations, epilepsy, GATORopathies, mTORopathies, hemimegalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, PMSE, KPTN
  • Jhou, Thomas C., PhD, Associate Professor
    x6-4459
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  • Jia, Xiaofeng , BM, PhD, Professor
    410-706-5025
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    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
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    Keywords: Cellular excitability, ion channels, dopamine, substance-use disorder, opioids, stress, neural circuits, CRISPR/Cas9
  • Kanold, Patrick O., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Keller, Asaf , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7307
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    Keywords: sensory perception, chronic pain, descending pain modulation, drug abuse, substance use in pregnancy
  • Kelly, Michy P., PhD, Associate Professor
    667-900-8704
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  • Khachaturian, Henry , PhD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
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  • Ksendzovsky, Alexander , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Lee, Seung Chan , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Lindberg, Iris , PhD, Professor
    410-706-4778
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    Keywords: neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, protein chaperones, proteostais, ALS
  • Lipinski, Marta M., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-5187
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    Keywords: Autophagy, Lysosomes, Neuroinflammation, Lipid Metabolism, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurodegenerative Disease, Brain Aging
  • Liu, Shuai , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Lobo, Mary Kay , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-8824
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    Keywords: Addiction, depression, stereotypy, striatum, nucleus accumbens, neuron subtypes, circuits, gene expression, transcription, epigenetics
  • Lujan, Miguel A., PhD, MSc, Research Associate
    (775) 200-5843
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    Keywords: Endocannabinoids, Dopamine, Fiber photometry, Systems neuroscience, Sex differences, Drug self-administration.
  • Makarava, Natallia , BS, Research Associate
    410-706-4563
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    Keywords: Prions, neurodegenerative diseases, neuroinflammation
  • Margolis, Frank L., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-8913
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    Keywords: Chemosensory, olfaction, gene regulation,
  • Martin, David Alexander , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Masri, Radi , PhD, Professor
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  • Mateo, Yolanda , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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  • Mekonen, Hayelom K., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Merchenthaler, Istvan J., MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
    (410) 706-1350
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    Keywords: Estrogen therapy, menopause, hot flushes, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, PACAP38, infertility, animal models
  • Meyers, Allison , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Monteiro, Mervyn J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-8132
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    Keywords: Neurodegenerative diseases, ALS, FTD, Alzheimer's disease, protein misfolding, ubiquilin, proteasome, autophagy
  • Munger, Steven D., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    (410) 706-5851
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  • Olusakin, Jimmy , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Pickard, Hanna , DPhil, Adjunct Professor
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  • Pielago, Jose Martin S., MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
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  • Pina, Melanie M., PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: substance use disorder, aggression, mood, serotonin, neural circuits, electrophysiology, synaptic plasticity, biosensors
  • Puche, Adam C., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-3530
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    Keywords: Olfactory, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, imaging
  • Pumplin, David W., PhD, Professor (Adjunct Faculty I I)
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  • Roach, Robert Merritt , MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
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  • Rogers, Mark W., PhD, PT, Adjunct Professor
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    Keywords: Motor Control and Biomechanics, Balance, Mobility, and Falls, Rehabilitation Assessments and Interventions, Aging Clinical Populations
  • Royal, Walter , MD, Adjunct Professor
    410-328-5605
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  • Schoenbaum, Geoffrey , MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
    (410) 706-3814
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  • Scott, Samantha , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Shaham, Yavin , PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Stoica, Bogdan A., MD, Professor
    (410) 706-5186
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  • Suarez, Alexander D., MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
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  • Thompson, Summer L., PhD, MS, Assistant Professor
    610-316-7988
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    Keywords: Alcohol, reward, decision making, gut-brain axis, glutamate
  • Traub, Richard J., PhD, Professor
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  • Venniro, Marco , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-1395
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    Keywords: Translation, Animal models, Substance Use Disorders, Social Reward, Amygdala, Decision Making
  • Weber, Sophia , BS, PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Woodworth, Graeme F., MD, Professor
    410-328-6148
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    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
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    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
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    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