A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Pinkett, Heather
Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences
Description of Interests
ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) transporters work as molecular pumps to transport substrates across cellular membranes. Represented in all organisms, ABC proteins are divided into two classes (i) exporters... [more]
Pinto, Lucas
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
We are interested in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognition, both at the local circuit level and in terms of large-scale interactions between different brain areas. In particular, the lab... [more]
Piso, Gabriela Caraveo
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
Our laboratory is interested in understanding the cellular mechanisms that govern memory formation through the lenses of calcineurin, the only Ca2+ and calmodulin phosphatase highly conserved from yea... [more]
Popko, Brian
Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
Our research interests include studies designed to uncover fundamental aspects of myelinating glial cell development, the myelination process, as well as the detailed function of the myelin sheath. We... [more]
Prakriya, Murali
Professor of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
Ca2+ is a ubiquitous intracellular signaling messenger regulating a wide range of functions including enzyme activation, gene expression, and neurotransmitter release. Cellular Ca2+ signals arise from... [more]
Ragin, Ann
Research Professor of Radiology
Description of Interests
My primary interests concern quantitative neuroimaging technologies, including neurovascular 4D flow MRI and brain network analysis to investigate the impact of viruses (e.g. HIV, Covid) and brain agi... [more]
Raman, Indira
Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
In the Raman lab, we study specializations of ion channels and synaptic physiology that permit cerebellar neurons—Purkinje neurons, granule cells, inhibitory interneurons, and output neurons of the ce... [more]
Reber, Paul
Professor of Psychology
Description of Interests
We study the cognitive neuroscience of learning in memory with complex cognitive tasks. Our approach is grounded in memory systems theory that reflects the operations of different mechanisms of memory... [more]
Rocklin, Gabriel
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
We develop high-throughput methods for protein biophysics and protein design, with a focus on protein therapeutics. Key questions include: How do protein sequence and structure determine folding stabi... [more]
Rodriguez-Contreras, Adrian
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Description of Interests
A main focus of the lab is in elucidating mechanisms of physiological and pathological responses to oxygen shortage in the newborn brain. Decades of studies in laboratory rodents show that neuronal ac... [more]