Faculty Directory

Assistant Professor  |  Neuroscience Platform

Etay Hay PhD

Research Interests

Computational neuroscience, cortical circuits, models, neuronal cell-types, connectivity, depression, schizophrenia
Associate Professor  |  Chair

Scott Heximer PhD

Research Interests

Mechanisms of heterotrimeric G protein signaling, defining the roles of G proteins and their regulators in the cardiovascular system.
Professor

Sean Hill PhD

Research Interests

Dr. Hill has developed numerous large-scale models of cortical and corticothalamic systems during wakefulness, sleep and anesthetic conditions. His work has contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms generating up and down states during the slow oscillation of sleep as well as plasticity and sensory responses during sleep.

Research Interests

Mechanisms of sleep, sedation and anesthesia. Mechanisms of sleep and drug-induced respiratory depression. Interdisciplinary and collaborative research and educational programs encompassing sleep, sedation and anesthetic sciences

Research Interests

Atherosclerosis, Cell Calcium, Cell Cycle & Proliferation, Diabetes, Hypertension, Molecular Biology, Smooth Muscle Cell, Transcriptional Regulation, Transgenic Mice, Vascular Biology

Research Interests

Research is directed towards neurophysiology of Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor Research interests include mechanisms of deep brain stimulation action, role of neuronal oscillations in Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor.
Assistant Professor

Zhenya Ivakine PhD

Research Interests

Learning and memory in mice, Synaptic transmission and plasticity, Genetic manipulations in mice, Dendritic spine and synaptogenesis, Glutamate receptors, Animal models of brain diseases

Research Interests

1) Understanding cell type specific gene transcription. 2) Mechanisms underlying the production and function and the incretin hormone GLP-1. 3) Role of Wnt signaling pathway in metabolic homeostasis.

Research Interests

Focus on delineating host immune responses to infection and its relation to disease pathogenesis. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for Helicobacter pylori-mediated gastrointestinal disease. Autophagy in gastrointestinal disease.