Faculty
Program Faculty
Faculty who have participated in mentorship workshops have this Neurosciences Mentorship badge on their photo.
For Faculty
Visit our Advising and Mentoring page for information about:
- Joining the program
- Accepting rotation students
- Accepting students for thesis research
- Mentor training workshops
- Advising and Mentoring resources
Leadership
Leadership faculty are actively involved in training of Neuroscience program students through participation in program leadership, instruction of program courses, and other service.
Paul Buckmaster
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurology
Core Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
Lu Chen
Professor of Neurosurgery and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Admissions Committee; Curriculum Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Thomas Clandinin
Shooter Family Professor of Neurobiology
Curriculum Committee Co-Chair; Exceptional Program Service
Luis de Lecea
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Admissions Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Shaul Druckmann
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Core Course Instructor; Admissions Committee; Curriculum Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Neir Eshel
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Admissions Committee; Exceptional Program Service
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Lawrence Fung
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mental Health Committee Chair; Exceptional Program Service
Justin Gardner
Associate Professor of Psychology
Program Co-Director; Core Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
Paul George
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Core Course Instructor; Admissions Committee; DEIB Committee; CGAP Representative; Exceptional Program Service
William Giardino
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
DEIB Committee Chair; Exceptional Program Service
Lisa Giocomo
Professor of Neurobiology
Curriculum Committee Co-Chair; Core Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
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Aaron Gitler
We use the baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a model system to study the cell biology underpinning protein-misfolding diseases like Parkinson's disease and ALS.
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Service; Exceptional Program Service; DEIB Committee; Mentoring and Advising Committee Co-Chair
Miriam B. Goodman
Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Mentoring and Advising Co-Chair; Exceptional Program Service
John Hegarty
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
NSF GRFP Faculty Representative, Exceptional Program Service
John Huguenard
Professor of Neurology
Admissions Committee Co-Chair, Stanford Immersive Neuroscience Co-Director; Exceptional Program Service
Julia Kaltschmidt
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Core Course Instructor; Admissions Committee; Curriculum Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Julie Kauer
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mentoring and Advising Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Juliet Knowles
Associate Professor of Neurology and of Pediatrics
Admissions Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Scott W. Linderman
Assistant Professor of Statistics
First Year Advisor; Exceptional Program Service
Liqun Luo
Ann and Bill Swindells Professor of Biology
Admissions Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Daniel V. Madison
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Core Course Instructor; First Year Advisor; Exceptional Program Service
Merritt Maduke
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Program Co-Director; Mental Health Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Robert Malenka
Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Exceptional Program Service
William Newsome
Harman Family Provostial Professor and Professor of Neurobiology
Exceptional Program Service
Teresa Nicolson
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Admissions Committee Co-Chair; Core Course Instructor; First Year Advisor; Exceptional Program Service
Paul Nuyujukian
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Neurosurgery
Exceptional Program Service
Scott Owen
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford Immersive Neuroscience Co-Director; Admissions Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Sergiu P. Pasca
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Core Course Instructor, Curriculum Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Russell Poldrack
Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology
Mentoring and Advising Co-Chair; Exceptional Program Service
Jennifer Raymond
Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Exceptional Program Service
Anthony J. Ricci
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Exceptional Program Service
Nirao Shah
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Core Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
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Ivan Soltesz
James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences, Department of Neurosurgery
Curriculum Committee; Exceptional Program Service
Thomas Sudhof
Avram Goldstein Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Core Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
Anthony Wagner
Lucie Stern Professor, Department of Psychology
First Year Advisor; Exceptional Program Service
Sui Wang
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Admissions Committee; Stanford Immersive Neuroscience Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
Leanne Williams
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor, Department of Psychiatry
First Year Advisor; Exceptional Program Service
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Tony Wyss-Coray
D. H. Chen Professor II, Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Exceptional Program Service
J. Bradley Zuchero
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Curriculum Committee; Course Course Instructor; Exceptional Program Service
Faculty Research Areas
Our faculty are highly distinguished scientists who have made fundamental discoveries in all areas of neuroscience from molecules to cognition and have international reputations for excellence in research.
Click here to view the research areas of our faculty.
Preceptors
Preceptors are participating faculty in our predoctoral training program.
Monther Abu-Remaileh
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Raag Airan
We develop new techniques for interacting with and manipulating the nervous system, to better understand it, and to develop new treatment strategies.
Katrin Andreasson
We are investigating the role that innate immune responses play in the initiation and progression of neurological diseases.
Stephen A. Baccus
We study the function, mechanisms, and theory of how neural circuits perform computations.
Laren Becker
My research has been exploring the interplay between immune cells and the enteric nervous system.
Kwabena Boahen
Our group has two synergistic goals: To understand how brains work and to build computers that work like brains.
Anne Brunet
Our lab studies the molecular basis of longevity and age-related diseases.
Paul Buckmaster
Our long-term goal is to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy so that rational and effective therapies can be developed.
Marion Buckwalter
We use basic and clinical research to understand the cells, proteins, and genes that lead to successful recovery of function, and also how complications develop that impact quality of life after stroke.
Lu Chen
The long-term goal of my research is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation.
Xiaoke Chen
Our goal is to understand how brain circuits mediate motivated behaviors and how maladaptive changes in these circuits cause mood disorders.
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E.J. Chichilinisky
The goal of our research is to develop an artificial retina -- an electronic implant that will restore vision to people blinded by retinal degeneration.
Thomas Clandinin
My lab seeks to understand how the brain computes at the cellular and molecular level.
Todd Coleman
Dr. Coleman's research uses applied mathematics, physiology, and bioelectronices to understand intra- and inter-organ function and develop novel ways to quantify and/or combat illness.
Luis de Lecea
My lab uses molecular, optogenetic, anatomical and behavioral methods to identify and manipulate the neuronal circuits underlying brain arousal, with particular attention to sleep and wakefulness transitions.
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Karl Deisseroth
We are interested both in natural behaviorally-relevant neural circuit dynamics, and in pathological dynamics underlying neuropsychiatric disease symptomatology and treatment.
Shaul Druckmann
Our research goal is to understand how dynamics in neuronal circuits relate and constrain the representation of information and computations upon it.
Laramie Duncan
We study genetic and environmental effects on mental health.
Neir Eshel
My research interests include include the use of optogenetic, electrophysiological, neuroimaging, and behavioral approaches to probe the neural circuits of reward processing, decision making, and social behavior.
Ryann Fame
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Lawrence Fung
My work focuses on autism and neurodiversity, using novel neuroimaging and bioanalytical technologies to advance the understanding of neural bases of human socio-communicative and cognitive functions.
Xiaojing Gao
Our engineering targets include biomolecules, molecular circuits, viruses, and cells, and our approach combines quantitative experimental analysis with computational simulation. The molecular tools we build will be applied to diverse fields such as neurobiology and cancer therapy.
Justin Gardner
We use a combination of functional magnetic resonance imaging, computational modeling and analysis, and psychophysical measurements to link human perception to cortical brain activity.
Paul George
Our lab's research focuses on improving stroke diagnostics as well as engineering new methods to enhance stroke recovery.
William Giardino
My lab aims to decipher the neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric conditions of stress, addiction, and sleep disturbances.
Erin Gibson
The Gibson Lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms modulating glia.
Lisa Giocomo
My laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the organization of cortical circuits important for spatial navigation and memory.
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Aaron Gitler
We use the baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a model system to study the cell biology underpinning protein-misfolding diseases like Parkinson's disease and ALS.
Jeffrey Goldberg
We conduct research on molecular mechanisms of survival and regeneration in the visual system, retinal development and stem cell biology, and nanoparticles and tissue engineering.
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski
Our research combines human neuroimaging, high-density EEG sleep recording, and computational modeling to understand the neural mechanisms through which sleep disruption contributes to affective disorders, particularly depression, across the lifespan.
Miriam B. Goodman
We study the molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature using C. elegans nematodes as a model system.
Kalanit Grill-Spector
Our research utilizes functional imaging (fMRI),diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), computational techniques, and behavioral methods to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying visual recognition in humans.
Keren Haroush
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms by which highly complex behaviors are mediated at the neuronal level, mainly focusing on the example of dynamic social interactions and the neural circuits that drive them.
Shaul Hestrin
The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons, the circuits they form and the inputs they receive give rise to neuronal activity and behavior.
Hadi Hosseini
Our lab’s research portfolio crosses multiple disciplines including computational neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, multimodal neuroimaging and neurocognitive rehabilitation.
Ting-Ting Huang
We study the role of oxygen free radicals in oxidative tissue damage and degeneration.
John Huguenard
We conduct studies of thalamocortical epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Julia Kaltschmidt
The lab’s goal is to understand the molecular basis of neuronal circuit formation. We are particularly interested in circuits that underlie locomotion, sexual function and gut motility.
Julie Kauer
We are interested in the molecular mechanisms involved in synaptic transmission and plasticity using electrophysiological, optogenetic and behavioral tools in mouse brain and spinal cord.
Corey Keller
The overarching goal of my lab is to improve brain stimulation treatment for neurological and psychiatric disease.
Juliet Knowles
The Knowles lab conducts basic, translational and clinical research to study how seizures shape white matter, and how changes in white matter shape the course of epilepsy and its co-morbidities.
Brian Knutson
My lab and I seek to elucidate the neural basis of emotion (affective neuroscience), and explore implications for decision-making (neuroeconomics) and psychopathology (neurophenomics).
Mark Krasnow
Our current research interests include lung development and stem cells, neural circuits of breathing and speaking, lung diseases including lung cancer, and new genetic model organism for biology, behavior, health and conservation
Richard Lewis
Our lab studies calcium signaling mechanisms and their consequences for cell behavior, with a particular focus on store-operated calcium channels.
Michael Lin
The Lin Lab applies chemical and physical principles to develop new methods to image and control biological processes.
Scott W. Linderman
We work at the intersection of machine learning and computational neuroscience, developing statistical methods to analyze large scale neural data.
Irene L. Llorente
My research interests are directed toward understanding the biology of white matter repair in central nervous system disorders with an emphasis on human glial biology.
Liqun Luo
Our current research includes assembly of the fly olfactory circuit, assembly of neural circuits in the mouse brain, organization and function of neural circuits, and tool development.
Daniel V. Madison
Our laboratory is interested in the basic function, plasticity and modulation of Central Nervous System synapses, including studies of the detailed structure and protein content of synapses in different plastic states.
Merritt Maduke
My laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms of ion channels and transporters.
Robert Malenka
A major goal of my laboratory is to elucidate the specific molecular events that are responsible for the triggering of various forms of synaptic plasticity and the modifications in synaptic proteins that are responsible for changes in synaptic efficacy.
Jay McClelland
My research addresses topics in perception and decision making; learning and memory; language and reading; semantic cognition; and cognitive development.
Emmanuel Mignot
Most of my current research focuses on the neurobiology, genetics and immunology of narcolepsy.
Tirin Moore
We study neural mechanisms of visual-motor integration and the neural basis of cognition (e.g. attention).
Michelle Monje
The Monje Lab studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of postnatal neurodevelopment.
Elizabeth Mormino
Dr. Mormino's research focuses on combining imaging and genetics to predict cognitive trajectories over time, and the integration of novel PET scans to better understand human aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
William Newsome
The long-term goal of our research is to understand the neuronal processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior.
Teresa Nicolson
Our aim is to understand the molecular basis of hearing and balance.
Paul Nuyujukian
Our group, the Brain Interfacing Laboratory, explores basic motor systems neuroscience and neuroengineering applications.
Scott Owen
The Owen lab studies how neuromodulation can shape the activity of targeted cell types and circuits to guide behavior.
Sergiu P. Pasca
My lab seeks to understand the rules that govern the assembly of the human brain and the molecular mechanisms that lead to neuropsychiatric disease.
Kilian M. Pohl
Russell Poldrack
Our lab uses the tools of cognitive neuroscience to understand how decision making, executive control, and learning and memory are implemented in the human brain.
Jennifer Raymond
My laboratory studies the neural mechanisms of learning.
Anthony J. Ricci
We use advanced electrophysiologic, imaging, molecular and pharmacologic techniques to probe mechanisms of mechanotransduction and synaptic transmission at the auditory periphery.
Carolyn Rodriguez
Dr. Rodriguez leads studies investigating the brain basis of severe mental disorders.
Birgitt Schuele
My research focuses on medical genetics and stem cell modeling to unlock disease mechanisms and pathways leading to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.
Nirao Shah
We study how our brains generate social interactions that differ between the sexes.
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Carla Shatz
My research aims to understand how early developing brain circuits are transformed into adult connections during critical periods of development.
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Kang Shen
We study fundamental biology questions in the nervous system.
Ivan Soltesz
Our research focuses on inhibitory microcircuits to determine how distinct types of neurons communicate with each other in normal conditions and in epilepsy.
Thomas Sudhof
Our lab explores the synaptic basis of neural circuits: from molecules to behavior.
Longzhi Tan
My lab studies the single-cell 3D genome architectural basis of neurodevelopment and aging by developing the next generation of in vivo multi-omic assays and algorithms, and applying them to the human and mouse cerebellum.
Vivianne Tawfik
My overall research interest is to understand how spinal cord glial cells (astrocytes & microglia) function in health and disease, with a particular focus on how they may promote or block the transition from acute to chronic pain.
Suzanne Tharin
My research encompasses the molecular controls over cortical neuronal development, spinal cord injury, and regenerative strategies for spinal cord repair, including stem cell-based strategies.
Anthony Wagner
My research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of memory and cognitive/executive control in young and older adults.
Dennis Wall
My lab is focused on developing methods in biomedical informatics to disentangle complex conditions that originate in childhood and perpetuate through the life course, including autism and related developmental delays.
Sui Wang
Our research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie retinal development and diseases.
Xinnan Wang
The goal of my research is to understand the regulatory mechanisms controlling mitochondrial dynamics and function and the mechanisms by which even subtle perturbations of these processes may contribute to neurodegenerative disorders.
Marius Wernig
Leanne Williams
We are defining precision brain circuit biotypes for mood, anxiety and attention disorders and advancing a neuroscience-informed approach to Precision Mental Health for Psychiatry.
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Tony Wyss-Coray
Our laboratory studies the role of immune and injury responses in neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease.
Daniel Yamins
Our lab's research lies at intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, psychology and large-scale data analysis.
J. Bradley Zuchero
Our lab aims to uncover how glial cells regulate neural development and how their dysfunction contributes to diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and in injuries like stroke.
Affiliates
Faculty affiliates participate in the program by serving on student committees, giving research talks, and engaging in activities throughout the year.
William Allen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology
Catherine Blish
Rosa Cao
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Jun Ding
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
Rongxin Fang
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Genetics
Andrew Gentles
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Michael Greicius
Iqbal Farrukh and Asad Jamal Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Nicolas Grillet
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Laura Gwilliams
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Aida Habtezion
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Boris Heifets
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Jaimie Henderson
John and Jene Blume - Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor of Neurosurgery
Yang Hu
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Ruth Huttenhain
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Anshul Kundaje
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Computer Science
Jin Hyung Lee
Associate Professor of Neurology
Fei-Fei Li
Sequoia Capital Professor of Computer Science
Wendy Liu
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Frank M. Longo
George E. and Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, and of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Christopher Lowe
Associate Professor of Biology
Bruce MacIver
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Emeritus
Jennifer A. McNab
Associate Professor of Radiology
Denise M. Monack
Martha Meier Weiland Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Anthony Norcia
Professor of Psychology
Lauren O'Connell
Assistant Professor of Biology
Daniel Palanker
Professor of Ophthalmology
Peter Parham
Professor of Structural Biology and of Microbiology and Immunology
Karen J. Parker
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Claudia Katharina Petritsch
Associate Professor (Research) of Neurosurgery
Suzanne Pfeffer
Emma Pfeiffer Merner Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry
Laura Prolo
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Natalie L. Rasgon
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Allan L. Reiss
Howard C. Robbins Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Manish Saggar
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Gen Shinozaki
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
David Spiegel
Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Yang Sun
Professor of Ophthalmology
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
President and Bing Presidential Professor, Department of Biology
Andreas Tolias
Professor of Ophthalmology
Brian A. Wandell
Isaac and Madeline Stein Family Professor of Psychology
Nolan Williams
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jiajun Wu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Jason Yeatman
