UF NEUROSCIENCE
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.
Searchable Keywords
Research Areas
- Cognition
- Development
- Integrative Physiology and Behavior
- Motivation and Emotion
- Neural Aging and Degeneration
- Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia
- Neuroimmunity
- Sensory Systems
Disease Focus Areas
- Alzheimer’s disease & Dementia
- Brain cancer
- Epilepsy
- Spinal cord injury
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Psychiatric disorders
- Stroke
- Substance use disorder
- Traumatic brain injury
- Ocular & Visual Disorders
Use the search box to filter faculty by any research area or disease focus listed above.
| Name | Department | Research Area | Disease Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose F. Abisambra | Neuroscience | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Traumatic brain injury |
| Kimberly M. Alonge | Neuroscience | ||
| Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado | Neurology (Jacksonville) | ||
| Karina Alviña | Neuroscience | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Patrick J. Antonelli | Otolaryngology | Sensory Systems | |
| Abbas Babajani-Feremi | Neurology | ||
| Michelle N. Bedenbaugh | Neuroscience | ||
| Jennifer L. Bizon | Neuroscience | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory Systems | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Substance Use Disorder |
| David C. Bloom | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Development; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neuroimmunity | |
| Donald C. Bolser | Physiological Sciences | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | |
| Prodip K. Bose | Physiological Sciences | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Spinal Cord Injury |
| Shannon E. Boye | Ophthalmology | Sensory Systems | Ocular & Visual Disorders |
| Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel | Psychiatry | Motivation and Emotion | Substance Use Disorder |
| Matthew R. Burns | Neurology | ||
| Thomas P. Burris | Cellular and Systems Pharmacology | ||
| Christopher R. Butson | Neurology | ||
| Eduardo Candelario-Jalil | Neuroscience | Development; Neuroimmunity | Spinal Cord Injury; Stroke |
| Gemma Casadesus | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | ||
| Robert M. Caudle | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory Systems | Substance Use Disorder |
| Tracy M. Centanni | Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences | ||
| Paramita Chakrabarty | Neuroscience | Cognition; Development; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neuroimmunity | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Vijayendran Chandran | Pediatrics | Development; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Spinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders |
| James R. Clugston | Community Health & Family Medicine | ||
| Jason E. Coleman | Neuroscience | ||
| Yenisel Cruz-Almeida | Community Dentistry & Behavioral Sciences | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Sensory Systems | |
| Erica A. Dale | Neuroscience | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Steven T. DeKosky | Neurology/MBI | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Darragh P. Devine | Psychology | Cognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Astra Dinculescu | Ophthalmology | Sensory Systems | Ocular & Visual Disorders |
| Mingzhou Ding | Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Sensory Systems | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Parkinson’s Disease |
| Daniel J. Driscoll | Peds Genetics | Development | |
| Amanda L. Elton | Neuroscience | ||
| Matthew Farrer | Neurology | Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neuroimmunity | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Epilepsy; Parkinson’s Disease |
| Marcelo Febo | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Substance Use Disorder |
| Jeremy J. Flint | Neuroscience | ||
| Catherine Flores | Neurosurgery | Neuroimmunity | Brain Cancer |
| Charles J. Frazier | Pharmacodynamics (College of Pharmacy) | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Substance Use Disorder |
| Kotaro Fujii | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | ||
| David Fuller | Physical Therapy | ||
| Ashley Ghiaseddin | Neurosurgery | ||
| Benoit Giasson | Neuroscience | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Parkinson’s Disease |
| Paola Giusti-Rodriguez | Psychiatry | ||
| Sung Min Han | Physiology and Aging | ||
| Jeffrey K. Harrison | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Neuroimmunity | Brain Cancer |
| Christopher Hess | Neurology | Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Parkinson’s Disease |
| Daniel J. Hoh | Neurosurgery | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Sensory Systems | Spinal Cord Injury |
| Brian L. Hoh | Neurosurgery | Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Stroke |
| Michael Jaffee | Neurology | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Jeffrey Jones | Neuroscience | ||
| Jack W. Judy | Electrical/Computer Engineering | Integrative Physiology and Behavior | |
| Giridhar Kalamangalam | Neurology | ||
| Habibeh Khoshbouei | Neuroscience | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Neuroimmunity | Substance Use Disorder |
| Ashok Kumar | Neuroscience | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Damon G. Lamb | Psychiatry | Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Matthew J. LaVoie | Neurology | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Ben Lewis | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory Systems | Substance Use Disorder |
| Jada Lewis | Neuroscience | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Mark H. Lewis | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Yuqing Li | Neurology | Cognition; Development; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Joanna R. Long | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | |
| Ron J. Mandel | Neuroscience | Development; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Parkinson’s Disease; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Alexandria B. Marciante | Neuroscience | ||
| Catherine Marcinkiewcz | Cellular and Systems Pharmacology | ||
| Alfonso Martin-Peña | Neuroscience | ||
| Freddyson Martinez-Rivera | Neuroscience | ||
| Christopher J. Martyniuk | Physiological Sciences | Development; Motivation and Emotion | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Anatoly E. Martynyuk | Anesthesiology | Development; Motivation and Emotion | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Carol Mathews | Psychiatry | Cognition; Development; Motivation and Emotion; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Sensory Systems | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Christopher R. McCurdy | Medicinal Chemistry | ||
| Nikolaus McFarland | Neurology | Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Parkinson’s Disease |
| Duane A. Mitchell | Neurosurgery | Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Brain Cancer |
| Gordon S. Mitchell | Physical Therapy | Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Neuroimmunity | Spinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Mark S. Moehle | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | ||
| Leonid L. Moroz | Neuroscience | Cognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | |
| Nick Musselwhite | Neuroscience | ||
| Lien T. Nguyen | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | ||
| Sara Jo Nixon | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Substance Use Disorder |
| Michael S. Okun | Neurology | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Parkinson’s Disease |
| Karim Oweiss | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Cognition; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory Systems | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Spinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders; Parkinson’s Disease |
| Nancy Padilla-Coreano | Neuroscience | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion | Psychiatric Disorders |
| Stefan Prokop | Pathology | Development; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neuroimmunity | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Brain Cancer; Neuromuscular Disorders; Parkinson’s Disease |
| Aprinda I. Queen | Clinical Health Psychology | ||
| Maryam Rahman | Neurosurgery | Neuroimmunity; Development | Brain Cancer |
| Laura P. Ranum | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Development; Motor Systems | Neuromuscular Disorders; Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Sruti Rayaprolu | Neurology | ||
| Torge Rempe | Neurology | ||
| Leah R. Reznikov | Physiological Sciences | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Neuromuscular Disorders; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Diego E. Rincon-Limas | Neurology | Development; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia |
| Steven N. Roper | Neurosurgery | Brain Cancer; Epilepsy | |
| Matt R. Sarkisian | Neuroscience | Development | Brain Cancer |
| Elias J. Sayour | Neurosurgery | Neuroimmunity; Development | Brain Cancer |
| Barry Setlow | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Psychiatric Disorders; Substance Use Disorder |
| Benjamin Shickel | Medicine | ||
| Aparna A. Wagle Shukla | Neurology | Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Spinal Cord Injury; Parkinson’s Disease; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Ivan Da Silva | Neurology | ||
| W. Clay Smith | Ophthalmology | Sensory Systems | Ocular & Visual Disorders |
| Takahiro Soda | Psychiatry | ||
| James Strother | Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience | ||
| Maurice S. Swanson | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Development; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Clayton Swanson | Medicine | ||
| Nikhil Urs | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | ||
| David E. Vaillancourt | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology | ||
| Adrienn G. Varga | Neuroscience | ||
| Christopher Vulpe | Environmental & Human Toxicology | ||
| Brandon Warren | Pharmacodynamics | Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia | Psychiatric Disorders; Substance Use Disorder |
| Dan Wesson | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Sensory Systems | Substance Use Disorder |
| John B. Williamson | Psychiatry | Cognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration | Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders |
| Joshua Wong | Neurology | ||
| James Wymer | Neurology | Neural Aging and Degeneration | Epilepsy; Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Brandon Zielinski | Pediatrics | ||
| Roberto T. Zori | Pediatric Genetics | Cognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior |