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.
Slutzky, Marc
Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
The goal of our research is to help people with neurologic impairment from disorders such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, or ALS to recover motor or speech function. Our research centers around usi... [more]
Smith, Richard
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
We study how electrical activity shapes brain development during the gestational period, and how neurodevelopmental diseases associated with ion channel dysfunction can change the structure of the bra... [more]
Solla, Sara
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
Sara A. Solla is a theoretical physicist who works in theoretical and computational neuroscience. Her research uses tools from statistical physics, statistical inference, information theory, machine l... [more]
Surmeier, D. James
Professor and Chair of Department of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
I direct a research program focusing on molecular, cellular and network mechanisms governing the basal ganglia in health and disease states. Using a combination of electrophysiological, optical and ge... [more]
Suzuki, Satoru
Professor of Psychology
Description of Interests
My research goal is to understand how internal neural dynamics are structured to facilitate productive interactions with environmental dynamics, using EEG time-series analyses, behavioral methods, and... [more]
Swanson, Geoff
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
We study the molecular and physiological properties of receptor proteins that underlie excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain. Current research focuses primarily on understanding the ... [more]
Thompson, Cynthia K
Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences
Description of Interests
Dr. Thompson's research in cognitive neuroscience focuses on the neural mechanisms of language, primarily sentence processing, in cognitively healthy and aphasic individuals. Her work in neuroplastici... [more]
Tresch, Matthew
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Description of Interests
We examine the neural control of movement, focusing on the role of spinal circuitry. We use an interdisciplinary approach in this research, using a combination of behavioral, biomechanical, and neurop... [more]
Turek, Fred
Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. A second major focus of t... [more]
Tysseling, Vicki
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Neuroscience
Description of Interests
The goal of our lab is to enhance functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). Our approach to SCI research uses animal models to identify changes that occur within the spinal cord after injury... [more]