A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Savas, Jeffrey
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
The overarching goal of our research group is to determine how protein mishandling contributes to synaptic dysfunction, neurodegeneration, and aging. As a starting point we use biochemistry with mass ... [more]
Schmidt, Tiffany
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
Our lab studies the role of light in behavior by linking the cellular function of cells within the retina to their downstream circuits in the brain and output behavior. To do this, we examine the role... [more]
Schwartz, Gregory
Associate Professor of Ophthalmologyy
Description of Interests
Research in our lab focuses on the circuit mechanisms underlying sensory computation. We use the mouse retina as a model system because it allows us to stimulate the circuit precisely with its natural... [more]
Senzai, Yuta
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (Starting Jan 2025)
Description of Interests
How does our brain generate vivid dream perception internally, while disconnected from the external world during sleep? Answering this question will provide clues to the nature of our internal generat... [more]
Shankman, Stewart
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Description of Interests
Dr. Shankman’s research focuses on the relation between depression and anxiety disorders (i.e., internalizing psychopathologies), with an emphasis on neurobehavioral processes that are common vs. spec... [more]
Shepherd, Gordon
Professor of Neuroscience
Description of Interests
How do we move? Our lab is interested in understanding the organization of cell-type-specific circuits in the motor system, focusing on mouse motor cortex and its long-range input and output connectio... [more]
Silverman, Richard
Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor of Chemistry
Description of Interests
My group designs and synthesizes inhibitors of enzymes (neuronal nitric oxide synthase and GABA aminotransferase) important to the treatment of neurodegenerative (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cerebral pa... [more]
Sitek, Kevin
Research Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Description of Interests
Dr. Sitek’s research focuses on mapping the brain regions (cortical and subcortical), connections, and representations that enable human hearing and communication. To understand the human auditory sys... [more]
Slutzky, Marc
Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
The goal of our research is to help people with neurologic impairment from disorders such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, or ALS to recover motor or speech function. Our research centers around usi... [more]
Smith, Richard
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Description of Interests
We study how electrical activity shapes brain development during the gestational period, and how neurodevelopmental diseases associated with ion channel dysfunction can change the structure of the bra... [more]