Neurobiology - Primary Faculty

• Asare-Owusu, Bridget , BS, Research Fellow
• 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
• Capo Quetglas, Antonio , MS, Visiting Research Fellow
• 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
• Erzurumlu, Reha S., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7401
  rerzu001@umaryland.edu
  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.
• 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
• Lujan, Miguel A., PhD, MSc, Research Associate
  (775) 200-5843
  mlujan@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Endocannabinoids, Dopamine, Fiber photometry, Systems neuroscience, Sex differences, Drug self-administration.
• 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
• Munger, Steven D., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-5851
  smung001@umaryland.edu
• 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)
• Rebassa Palou, Joan Gabriel , BS, MS, MSc, Visiting Research Fellow
• Roach, Robert Merritt , MD, Instructor (Adjunct Faculty I)
• 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)
• Venniro, Marco , PhD, Assistant 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
• Zhou, Fuwen , BM, MM, Dr. rer. nat., Assistant Professor
  (410)706-7119
  fuwen.zhou@som.umaryland.edu
  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