NGP Program Faculty

NGP faculty mentors target a wide range of questions in modern neuroscience, from molecules and circuits to mind and artificial intelligence. Faculty are drawn from FAU���s Colleges of Science, Medicine, Engineering and Computer Science, Education, Arts and Letters, Wilkes Honors College, and from the Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience.

William Alexander

William Alexander, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus

rindy-anderson

Rindy Anderson, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus | Davie - DW, 336 | Boca Raton - SC, 207

Gizelle Anzures

Gizelle Anzures, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 206

Nicole Aponte Santiago

Nicole Aponte Santiago, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus | MS-19 202

Elan Barenholtz

Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 101

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Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.

Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute | Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Jupiter Campus | Building RF MC-22 Room 201G

Photograph of Dr. Lucia Carvelli

Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.

Professor of Neuroscience

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Pharmacology

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Jupiter Campus | MC-22 216G

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Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 309

Mare Cudic

Mare Cudic, Ph.D.

Professor Director of Honors in Chemistry Program

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Boca Raton Campus | SE 134

Ali Danesh

Ali A. Danesh, PH.D., FAAA

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | ED 47 - 434

Kevin Darby

Kevin Darby, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 211

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Erik Dubou矇, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Biology

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Jupiter Campus | RE 205

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Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.

Professor, Bio Robotics Lab Director

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Boca Raton Campus

Gregg Fields

Gregg Fields, Ph.D.

Professor | Vice President for Research

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Jupiter Campus | MC-17 109

Laura Fontenas

Laura Fontenas, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

Behnaz Ghoraani

Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and I-SENSE Fellow

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Boca Raton Campus

Tanja Godenschwege

Tanja Godenschwege, Ph.D

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

Patrick Grant

Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor of Biomedical Science | Senior Associate Dean for Research

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 313

William Hahn

William Hahn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Mathematics and Statistics

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Boca Raton Campus | Wimberly Library 103C

Erika Hoff

Erika Hoff, Ph.D.

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Davie Campus | ES 274

Emily Hokett

Emily Hokett

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus

Sang Hong

Sang Hong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 209

Isgor

Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science | OURI Faculty Liaison

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 323

Dr. Kailiang Jia

Kailiang Jia, Ph.D

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

FAU Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus

Nancy Jones

Nancy Jones

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | Jupiter, WB-MC13 215

Scott Kelso

Scott Kelso, Ph.D.

Eminent Scholar in Science and Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 411

Rajappa Kenchappa

Rajappa Kenchappa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Clinical Neurosciences

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Boca Raton Campus | MC17 Room 228

Alan Kersten

Alan Kersten, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 203

Andy Khamoui

Andy V. Khamoui, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Exercise and Health Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus | FL 128

Irem Korucu

Irem Korucu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 307

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Cheryl A. Krause-Parello, PhD, RN, FAAN

Research Professor (secondary appointment)

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

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Boca Raton Campus

Corinne Lasmezas

Corinne Lasmezas, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor and Director of David and Lynn Nicholson Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Clinical Neurosciences

Yue Liu

Yue Liu, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Boca Raton Campus | FL 33431-0991

Dr. Sarah L. Milton

Sarah L. Milton, Ph.D

Chair and Professor

Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus

Rod Murphey

Rod Murphey, Ph.D

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus

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Eric Parise, Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC-71 Room 308

parise

Lyonna Parise, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC-71 Room 325

Ramin Pashaie

Ramin Pashaie, Ph.D

Professor and I-SENSE Fellow

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Boca Raton Campus | FL 33431-0991

Didem Pehlivanoglu

Didem Pehlivanoglu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS 207

Rodrigo Pena

Rodrigo Pena, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Biological Sciences

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Boca Raton Campus

Simon Pieraut

Simon Pieraut, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Jupiter Campus | RE-MC 19 106

prentice

Howard M. Prentice, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 225

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Ning Quan, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science | FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Jupiter Campus | RF MC17 Room 229H

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Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71

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Luke Rosedahl

Assistant Professor

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Boca Raton Campus

Dr. M籀nica Rosselli

M籀nica Rosselli, Dr.

Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus

Portrait of Dr. Susan Schneider

Susan Schneider, Ph.D.

William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Philosophy

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Boca Raton Campus | SO 282

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Wen Shen, Ph.D

Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | Building BC 71 Room 229

Robert W. Stackman, Jr.

Robert Stackman, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for the Jupiter Campus and Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Jupiter Campus | MC-19(RE) 110

subramaniam

Srinivasa Subramaniam, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Principal Investigator

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Fatemeh Tabari

Fatemeh Tabari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

College of Education

Communication Sciences and Disorders / Communication Disorders Clinic

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Boca Raton Campus | ED 47 - 427

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Rui Tao, D.V.M., Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 327

Lawrence Toll

Lawrence Toll, Ph.D

Professor, Biomedical Science | FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | FL 33458

van-praag

Henriette van Praag, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science | FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Jupiter Campus | MC-22

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Anne L. van Zelst, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

College of Education

Communication Sciences and Disorders / Communication Disorders Clinic

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Boca Raton Campus | ED 47 - 450

Robert Vertes

Robert Vertes

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

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Boca Raton Campus

wei

Jianning Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Biomedical Science

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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 210

wilcoxt

Teresa Wilcox, Ph.D.

Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Psychology

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Boca Raton Campus | BS-12 101B

Ilyas Yildirim

Ilyas Yildirim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Jupiter Campus | MC-17 224

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Qi Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Boca Raton Campus

Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) Faculty

Salil Bidaye, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Neuronal Control of Locomotion
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL
Phone: 561.972.9000
楚鳥硃勳梭:泭 salil.bidaye@mpfi.org

McLean Bolton, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Disorders of Neural Circuit Function
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone: 561.972.9000
Email: mclean.bolton@mpfi.org

David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Research Group Leader, Scientific Director, Functional Architecture and Development of Cerebral Cortex
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone: 561.972.9000
Email: David.Fitzpatrick@mpfi.org

Hidehiko Inagaki, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone: 561.972.9000
Email: hidehiko.inagaki@mpfi.org

Vidhya Rangaraju, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone:��(561) 972-9000
楚鳥硃勳梭:泭 Vidhya.Rangaraju@mpfi.org

Sarah Stern, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Neural Circuits and Behavior
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone:��(561) 972-9000
楚鳥硃勳梭:泭 sarah.stern@mpfi.org

Lin Tian, Ph.D.

Scientific Director
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone:��(561) 972-9000
楚鳥硃勳梭:泭 lin.tian@mpfi.org

Yingxue Wang, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader
Office:��Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
捩堯棗紳梗:泭561.228.2227
Email: Yingxue.Wang@mpfi.org

Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Scientific Director, Neuronal Signal Transduction
Office: Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience, One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, Fla.
Phone: 561.972.9000
Email: ryohei.yasuda@mpfi.org

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