CNS Core Faculty hired under Director E.G. "Ted" Jones, Ph.D. (1998–2009) A. Kimberley McAllister, Ph.D. Professor of Neurology; Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior Brain development; synapse formation and elimination; neuroimmunology CNS Core Faculty: 2000–present CNS Director: 2016–present W. Martin Usrey, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Neurology Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Endowed Chair in Physiology Structure, function and development of neural circuits for vision CNS Core Faculty: 2000–present Tsung-Yu Chen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurology Structures, functions and physiology of ion channels CNS Core Faculty: 2001–present Marie Burns, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Science; Cell Biology and Human Anatomy Photoreceptor signaling and retinal physiology; neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration CNS Core Faculty: 2001–present William DeBello, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior Molecular plasticity of owl optic tectum CNS Core Faculty: 2001–present Ebenezer Yamoah, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology University of Nevada, Reno Neurophysiology; auditory system; hair cells; biophysics CNS Core Faculty: 2001–2010 Noelle L'Etoile, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology University of California, San Francisco Learning and memory; C. elegans CNS Core Faculty: 2001–2012 Charan Ranganath, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Learning and memory; fMRI and TMS CNS Core Faculty: 2002–present Hwai-Jong Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Axonal connection, hippocampus and aging CNS Core Faculty: 2002–2020 Jochen Ditterich, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior Neural mechanisms linking perception and action CNS Core Faculty: 2004–present Karen Zito, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior Development and plasticity of neural circuits CNS Core Faculty: 2006–present Mark Goldman, Ph.D. HHMI Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Ophthalmology and Vision Science Joel Keizer Endowed Chair in Theoretical and Computational Biology Computational neuroscience CNS Core Faculty: 2008–present Arne Ekstrom, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of Arizona Human spatial navigation and memory; virtual reality CNS Core Faculty: 2009–2018
