A list of the Neuroscience Program faculty, with their contact information and a brief description of their research interests, is provided below. More details of faculty research and current laboratory rotation opportunities and projects can be found at the Graduate School faculty directory website.
| Name | Rotation | Thesis Advisor | Contact | Location | Research |
| Srdjan D. Antic, M.D. | Y | Y | antic@uchc.edu
860-679-8468 |
Main Building
E3052 |
Dendritic integration of synaptic inputs; dopaminergic modulation of dendritic excitability. |
| Rashmi Bansal, Ph.D. | N | N | bansal@uchc.edu
860-679-1133 |
Main Building
E4014 |
Developmental, cellular and molecular biology of oligodendrocytes; growth factor regulation of function and its relationship to neurodegenerative disease, including multiple sclerosis. |
| Elisa Barbarese, Ph.D. | N | N | barbarese@uchc.edu
860-679-3495 |
Main Building
E5053 |
Molecular and cellular biology of neural cells with emphasis on RNA trafficking. |
| Kyle Baumbauer, Ph.D. | Y | Y | kbaumbauer@uchc.edu
860-679-7390 |
Main Building
L4019 |
Pain, injury and inflammation-induced plasticity; nociceptive signaling. |
| Leslie R. Bernstein, Ph.D. | Y | Y | les@uchc.edu
860-679-4622 |
Main Building
L3047 |
Behavioral neuroscience; psychoacoustics, binaural hearing. |
| John H. Carson, Ph.D. | Y | N | jcarson@uchc.edu
860-679-2130 |
400 Farmington
1431 |
Molecular/developmental neurobiology; myelination; intracellular RNA trafficking; computational cell biology. |
| Stormy J. Chamberlain, Ph.D. | Y | Y | chamberlain@uchc.edu
860-679-8351 |
400 Farmington
1236 |
Uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to study the human neurogenetic disorders, Angelman syndrome and 15q duplication syndrome. |
| Bojun Chen, PhD. | Y | Y | bochen@uchc.edu | Main Building
L4021 |
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| Jonathan M. Covault, M.D., Ph.D. | N | N | jocovault@uchc.edu
860-679-7560 |
Main Building
L4091 |
Genetic correlates of alcohol use disorders; role of neuroactive steroids in the effects of alcohol. |
| Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D. | Y | Y | crocker@uchc.edu
860-679-8750 |
Main Building
E4054 |
Brain injury/repair; neurodegenerative diseases; neuroinflammation; myelin injury; neural stem cell differentiation; signal transduction; glia; matrix metalloproteinases/inhibitors. |
| Elizabeth A. Eipper, Ph.D. | Y | N | eipper@uchc.edu
860-679-8898 |
Main Building
E4041 |
Cell biology/biochemistry/physiology of peptide synthesis; storage/secretion in neurons and endocrine cells. |
| Rosaria Guzzo, PhD | Y | Y | guzzo@uchc.edu
860-679-3026 |
Main Building
E4032 |
Epigenetic mechanisms underlying pluripotent stem cell differentiation, musculoskeletal development, and tissue homeostasis. |
| George A. Kuchel, MD, FRCP, AGSF | Y | Y | kuchel@uchc.edu
860-679-6796 |
ASB 2 | Aging; neural regulation of bladder function; resilience and neural plasticity. |
| Eric S. Levine, Ph.D. | Y | Y | eslevine@uchc.edu
860-679-2145 |
Main Building
E3053 |
Synaptic plasticity; role of endogenous cannabinoids and nerve growth factors in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex. |
| Yuanhao “James” Li, Ph.D. | jali@uchc.edu
860-679-3836 |
Main Building
E3014 |
Development of the central nervous system; cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying formation of the mammalian cerebellum | ||
| Leslie M. Loew, Ph.D. | Y | Y | les@uchc.edu
860-679-3568 |
400 Farmington
1608 |
Morphological determinants of cell physiology; image-based computational models; spatial variations of cell membrane electrophysiology; new optical methods for probing living cells. |
| Xin-Ming Ma, Ph.D. | Y | N | ma@uchc.edu
860-679-7957 |
Main Building
E4030 |
Uses Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons are using to study the mechanisms of the human psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia and cocaine addiction. Synaptogenesis and the plasticity of dendritic spines. |
| Richard E. Mains, Ph.D. | Y | N | mains@uchc.edu
860-679-8894 |
Main Building
E4056 |
Neuronal tissue culture; peptides; vesicles; enzymes; drug abuse; development; pituitary. |
| David Martinelli, PhD. | Y | Y | davidmartinelli@uchc.edu
860-679-2271 |
Main Building
L4003 |
Genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, and behavioral neuroscience in synaptic adhesion proteins and their role in neuropsychiatric disease. |
| Royce Mohan, Ph.D. | Y | Y | mohan@uchc.edu
860-679-2020 |
Main Building
L4023 |
Developing treatments for conditions and diseases of the eye that involve angiogenesis, fibrosis and gliosis. Developed first pharmacological probe of type III intermediate filaments (IFs), demonstrating the effective targeting of vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein by the natural product withaferin A. |
| Douglas L. Oliver, Ph.D. | Y | Y | doliver@uchc.edu
860-679-2241 |
Main Building
L3042 |
Circuitry and parallel information processing in the auditory system; neurobiology of hearing, deafness, and tinnitus; role of neuronal cell types and intrinsic membrane properties in information processing; structure and function of CNS sensory systems. |
| Feliks (Ephraim) Trakhtenberg, Ph.D. | Y | Y | trakhtenberg@uchc.edu
860-679-7819 |
Main Building
L4005 |
Neuroregeneration: Integrating molecular, genetic, bioinformatic, and translational approaches in studying neuronal development, towards engineering gene therapy and nanotechnology-based therapeutics for regenerating injured nerve/brain tissues and connections. |
| Rajkumar Verma, PhD | Y | Y | verma@uchc.edu
860-679-4552 |
Main Building
E5050 |
Stroke research, Drug target validation, behavioral pharmacology and neuroimmune interaction. |
| Zhao-Wen Wang, Ph.D. | Y | Y | zwwang@uchc.edu
860-679-7659 |
Main Building
L4017 |
Molecular mechanism of neurotransmitter release regulation, and molecular mechanisms of gap junction function, assembly and regulation using C. elegans as a model system. |
| Erin E. Young, Ph.D. | eyoung@uchc.edu 860-679-2852 |
400 Farmington
6403 |
Genetic susceptibility to chronic pain following inflammation and injury with the ultimate goal being the determination of the genetic contributions to chronic pain susceptibility in somatic and visceral pain systems. | ||
| Ji Yu, Ph.D. | Y | Y | jyu@uchc.edu
860-679-7680 |
400 Farmington
1605 |
Optical imaging technology; regulatory mechanisms in dendritic RNA translation; cytoskeletal dynamics. |
| Lixia Yue, Ph.D. | Y | Y | lyue@uchc.edu
860-679-3069 |
Main Building
EG024 |
Calcium signaling mechanism and its physiological/pathological functions in various systems. |