Use our searchable database to find faculty mentors.  Students pursuing neuroscience research can work with researchers from across the University of Florida campus. Students can search by name, department, center or the key words listed below. 

Name	Department	Center	Research Interests
Jose F. Abisambra	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Neurodegenerative disease; Neural Injury; Neurophysiology
Karina Alviña	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Brain Aging; Memory; Cognition; Psychiatric Disorders; Neural development; Neurodegenerative Disease; Stress; Neural Injury; Neurophysiology
Patrick J. Antonelli	Otolaryngology		Sensory Neuroscience
John D. Ash	Ophthalmology		Sensory Neuroscience; Gene Therapy
Jennifer L. Bizon	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM) Center for Smell & Taste Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Brain Aging; Memory; Cognition; Behavior; Alzheimer's Disease; Neuropharmacology; Perception; Stress; Neuroplasticity
Steven J. Blackband	Neuroscience		Neuroimaging
David C. Bloom	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology		Gene Therapy
Donald C. Bolser	Physiological Sciences	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Neuropharmacology, Neurophysiology, Physiology
David R. Borchelt	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Memory; Neurodegenerative Disease; Neuromuscular Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Neurogenetics
Prodip K. Bose	Physiological Sciences		Neural Injury; Neurorehabilitation; Neuroimaging
Shannon E. Boye	Ophthalmology	Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics	Sensory Neuroscience;
Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel	Psychiatry		Substance Use Disorders & Addiction; Neuropharmacology
Sara N. Burke	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM) Center for Smell and Taste	Alzheimer's Disease; Neuroplasticity; Behavior; Cognition; Neurophysiology; Perception; Memory; Brain Aging
Eduardo Candelario-Jalil	Neuroscience		Cognition; Stroke; Brain Aging; Neural Injury; Behavior
Robert M. Caudle	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery		Substance Use Disorders & Addiction; Physiology; Pain; Sensory Neuroscience
Paramita Chakrabarty	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Gene Therapy; Neurodegenerative disease
Vijayendran Chandran	Pediatrics		Neural Development; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurogenetics; Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disorders; Neural Injury
Brian Y. Cooper	Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery		Pain
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida	Community Dentistry & Behavioral Sciences	Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE) Cognitive Aging & Memory (CAM)	Brain Aging; Behavior; Cognition; Neuroimaging; Pain; Perception
Erica A. Dale	Neuroscience	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Neurodegenerative disease; Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disorders; Physiology; Neurorehabilitation
Paul W. Davenport	Physiological Sciences		Neural Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders;Physiology; Neurorehabiilitation
Steven T. DeKosky	Neurology/MBI	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Memory; Brain Aging
Loic Deleyrolle	Neurosurgery		Neuro-oncology
Darragh P. Devine	Psychology		Psychiatric Disorders; Cognition; Behavior; Neuropharmacology; Neural Development
Astra Dinculescu	Ophthalmology		Sensory Neuroscience
Mingzhou Ding	Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Brain Aging; Cognition; Pain; Parkinson's Disease; Neuroimaging
Sylvain Doré	Anesthesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Brain Aging; Cognition; Gene Therapy; Memory; Stroke; Neural Injury
Daniel J. Driscoll	Peds Genetics		Neurogenetics
Matthew Farrer	Neurology	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Cognition; Epilepsy; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurogenetics; Movement disorders; Parkinson's Disease
Marcelo Febo	Psychiatry	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disease; Neuroimaging; Neuropharmacology; Neural Injury
Catherine Flores	Neurosurgery		Neuro-oncology
Thomas C. Foster	Neuroscience and Genetics and Genomics Program	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Behavior; Cognition Brain Aging; Gene Therapy; Memory; Neurogenetics; Neuroplasticity
Charles J. Frazier	Pharmacodynamics (College of Pharmacy)		Neurophysiology; Brain Aging; Substance Use Disorders and Addiction
Benoit Giasson	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) Normal Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Alzheimer's Disease; Movement Disorders; Parkinson's disease;
Todd E. Golde	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Brain Aging; Cognition; Gene Therapy; Neurodegenerative disease; Pain; Stress
Aysegul Gunduz	J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering	Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Behavior; Cognition; computational neuroscience; neurophysiology
Jeffrey K. Harrison	Pharmacology & Therapeutics		Neuro-oncology
Linda F. Hayward	Physiological Sciences		Substance Use Disorders and Addiction, Stress, Neuroimaging, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Microbiome
Marieta B. Heaton	Neuroscience		Substance Use Disorders and Addiction;
Christopher Hess	Neurology		Deep Brain Stimulation; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Movement Disorders; Parkinson's Disease
Russell Hepple	Physical Therapy	Myology Institute	Neurodegenerative Disease Neuromuscular Disorders Physiology
Jacqueline A. Hobbs	Psychiatry		Psychiatric Disorders
Brad E. Hoffman	Pediatrics		Gene Therapy
Brian L. Hoh	Neurosurgery		Stroke, Neuro-oncology
Daniel J. Hoh	Neurosurgery		Injury, Neuro-oncology, Neurorehablitation
Michael Jaffee	Neurology	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR) Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disease; Neuropharmacology; Neurorehabilitation; Neural Injury
Christopher G. Janus	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Memory
Sara Jo Nixon	Psychiatry	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders & Addiction; Behavior Cognition; Brain Aging; Physiology; Neuropsychology; Neuroimaging
Richard Johnson	Physiological Sciences		Neurophysiology, physiology, sensory neuroscience, injury
Jack W. Judy	Electrical/Computer Engineering		Computational neuroscience
Peter B. Kang	Pediatric Neurology		Neuromuscular Disorders
Maureen Keller-Wood	Dean's Office		Physiology, stress
Habibeh Khoshbouei	Neuroscience	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Behavior; Cognition; Brain Aging; Neurophysiology
Eric Krause	Pharmacodynamics		Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Psychiatric Diseases; Physiology; Neuropharmacology; Stress; Psychiatric Disorders; Psychology
Ashok Kumar	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Behavior; Cognition; Brain Aging; Cognition; Neuroplasticity; Memory; Neurophysiology
Damon G. Lamb	Psychiatry	Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD) Cognitive Aging and Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Cognition; Brain Aging; Neurorehabilitation; Psychiatric Disorders; Computational Neuroscience
Matthew J. Lavoie	Neurology	Center Of Translational Research In Neurodegenerative Disease	Brain Aging; Neurodegenerative Disease; Parkinson’s Disease
Yona R. Levites	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Gene Therapy; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurogenetics; Movement Disorders
Ben Lewis	Psychiatry	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Behavior; Cognition;Brain Aging; Neurorehabilitation; Computational neuroscience; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology; Perception
Jada Lewis	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND); Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM); Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Alzheimer's Disease; Lysosomal Disorders
Mark H. Lewis	Psychiatry	Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD)	Behavior; Cognition; Psychiatric disorders
Yuqing Li	Neurology		Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Brain Aging; Neurorehabilitation Psychiatric Disorders
Paul J. Linser	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Whitney lab	Aging; sensory neuroscience
Joanna R. Long	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology		Brain aging; Neurophysiology; Neuroimaging
Gustavo Maegawa	Pediatrics		Lysosomal Disorders, Neurogenetics, Neurodevelopment, Neurodegeneration
Ron J. Mandel	Neuroscience		Gene Therapy; Parkinson's disease; Psychiatric Disease
Thomas H. Mareci	Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology		Alzheimer's disease; cognition;Epilepsy; Neurodegenerative disease; Movement Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Neural Injury; Neuroimaging
Christopher J. Martyniuk	Physiological Sciences		Neurodegeneration, microbiome, neurotoxicity
Anatoly E. Martynyuk	Anesthesiology		Psychiatric Disorders; Neural Development
Carol Mathews	Psychiatry	Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD)	Psychiatric Disorders Behavior; Cognition; Neurogenetics
Andrew P. Maurer	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM) Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders &amp Addiction; Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Psychiatric Diseases; Neurophysiology; Computational Neuroscience; Brain Aging
Nikolaus McFarland	Neurology	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Neurodegenerative disease; Movement Disorders
Jeremy C. McIntyre	Neuroscience	Center for Smell & Taste Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Sensory Neuroscience; Perception; Gene Therapy; Neurogenetics; Neurophysiology; Neural Development
Aaron Mickle	Physiological Sciences		Neurophysiology; Sensory Neuroscience; Pain; Neural Injury
Duane A. Mitchell	Neurosurgery		Gene Therapy; Neuro-oncology; Neural Injury
Gordon S. Mitchell	Physical Therapy	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR) Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Brain Aging; Neurorehabilitation; Neuromuscular Disorders; Neuroplasticity; Neurophysiology; Neural Injury
Leonid L. Moroz	Neuroscience		Neuroplasticity; Cognition; Memory Neurogenetics; Neurophysiology
Steven D. Munger	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Center for Smell & Taste	Sensory Neuroscience; Perception
John K. Neubert	Orthodontics		Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Pain
Harry S. Nick	Neuroscience		Alzheimer's Disease; Cognition; Neurogenetics; Stroke
Michael S. Okun	Neurology	Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Behavior; Cognition; Neurophysiology; Movement Disorders; Parkinson's Disease
Kevin Otto	Biomedical Engineering	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR) Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease	Behavior; Cognition; Computational neuroscience; Neurophysiology; Neural Injury
Karim Oweiss	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Neurophysiology; Memory; Neurogenetics; Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Perception; Sensory Neuroscience; Pain; Neural Injury
Nancy Padilla-Coreano	Neuroscience	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center Center for Taste and Smell	Behavior; Computational; Neuroscience; Memory; Neurophysiology
Roger L. Papke	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders & Addiction; Alzheimer's Disease; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychopharmacology; Pain
Stefan Prokop	Pathology	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Diisease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Cognition; Neurodegenerative disease; Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disorders; Neuro-oncology; Parkinson's Disease
Maryam Rahman	Neurosurgery	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Neuro-oncology; Brain cancer
Laura P. Ranum	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology		Neurogenetics; Movement Disorders
Brent A. Reynolds	Neurosurgery		Neuro-oncology;
Leah R. Reznikov	Physiological Sciences	Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation (CRRR)	Neural Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders; Neurophysiology Psychiatric Diseases
Diego E. Rincon-Limas	Neurology	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND)	Alzheimer's Disease; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurogenetics
Steven N. Roper	Neurosurgery		Epilepsy, Neuro-oncology
Matt R. Sarkisian	Neuroscience		Brain Aging; Neural Development; Neurogenetics; Neuro-oncology
Elias J. Sayour	Neurosurgery		Neuro-oncology;
Susan Semple-Rowland	Neuroscience		Gene Therapy; Neurodegenerative Disease; Perception; Sensory Neuroscience; Neural Development
Barry Setlow	Psychiatry	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Behavior; Cognition; Memory; Neuropsychopharmacology; Psychiatric Disease
Alex A. Sheremet	Civil & Coastal Engineering		Computational neuroscience
W. Clay Smith	Ophthalmology		Sensory Neuroscience; Gene Therapy
Wolfgang J. Streit	Neuroscience		Alzheimer's Disease; Neurodegenerative disease
Maurice S. Swanson	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	Center for NeuroGenetics (CNG)	Cognition; Gene Therapy; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurogenetics; Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disorders
Malú Gámez Tansey	Neuroscience	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Diisease (CTRND) Norman Fixel Institute of Neurological Disease Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Psychiatric Diseases; Memory; Cognition; Neurodegenerative disease; Parkinson's Disease Microbiome; lysosome disorders
David D. Tran	Neurosurgery		Gene Therapy; Neuro-oncology
Thomas W. Vickroy	Physiological Sciences		Neuropharmacology; Physiology
Eric Vitriol	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Center for Translational Research and Neurodegenerative Diisease (CTRND)	Neurodegenerative disease; Neuromuscular Disorders
Aparna A. Wagle Shukla	Neurology		Parkinson's disease; neural injury; Psychiatric Disorders
Kevin K. Wang	Emergency Medicine / Psychiatry / Neuroscience / Chemistry		Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Alzheimer's Disease; Neurorehabilitation; Neurodegenerative disease; Stress; Neural Injury;
Brandon Warren	Pharmacodynamics	Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE)	Substance Use Disorders and Addiction; Psychiatric Disease; Behavior; Cognition Neuropsychopharmacology; Stress
John B. Williamson	Psychiatry	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM); Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD)	Alzheimer's Disease; Psychiatric Disease; Behavior; Cognition; Brain Aging; Neurorehabilitation
Charles E. Wood	Physiology Functional Genomics		Microbiome; Stress
Adam J. Woods	Clinical & Health Psychology	Cognitive Aging & Memory Center (CAM)	Alzheimer's Disease; Behavior; Brain Aging; Cognition; Memory; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology; Neurorehabilitation; Pain; Perception; Neural Injury
James Wymer	Neurology		Neuromuscular disorders; Epilepsy; Neurodegeneration
Roberto T. Zori	Pediatric Genetics		Cognition, Behavior, Neurogenetics