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.
Lee, Yvonne
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Description of Interests
Our interdisciplinary research program focuses on understanding pain pathways and the pain experience in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis. We are the only g... [more]
Lerner, Talia
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Description of Interests
The Lerner Lab studies the neural circuit basis of motivation, reward learning, and habit formation. We are particularly interested in how individual variations in dopamine circuit function relate to ... [more]
Li, Hao
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry)
Description of Interests
My lab utilizes cutting-edge circuit and systems approaches to study how neuropeptidergic circuits mediate valence processing and regulate motivated behaviors. Specifically, my lab is interested in 1)... [more]
Liu, Yaping
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Description of Interests
The research focus of my lab is on developing and applying computational and high-throughput experimental methods in epigenomics to understand the gene regulation of non-coding genetic variants in dif... [more]
Losh, Molly
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Description of Interests
My research focuses on autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions, with a specific focus on language, communication, and associated abilities, and how such features may span diagnostic boundarie... [more]
Ma, Yongchao
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Description of Interests
Genetic, neurometabolic and mitochondrial regulation of neural development and degeneration RNA methylation on N6-adenosine is emerging as a critical regulator of RNA functions and metabolism. We rece... [more]
Maccaferri, Gianmaria
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
My interest is focused on the hippocampus, which is an area of the brain involved in higher cognitive functions, and is often the target of neurological illnesses like epilepsy, schizophrenia and Alzh... [more]
Martina, Marco
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
The lab has three main interests: currently, the main interest of the lab is the identification of the cortical cellular mechanisms (and potential drug targets) that drive the transition from acute to... [more]
Martinelli, Elena
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Description of Interests
One focus of the research in the lab is the impact of HIV in the CNS, including HIV persistance mechanisms and consequences (such as HIV-related neurocognitive dysfunction)
Mazzulli, Joe
Dimitri Krainc Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
The Mazzulli Lab is interested in determining how protein misfolding and aggregation results in cell death in Parkinson's disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies, and rare lysosomal storage disorders. We u... [more]