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.
Tresch, Matthew
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Description of Interests
We examine the neural control of movement, focusing on the role of spinal circuitry. We use an interdisciplinary approach in this research, using a combination of behavioral, biomechanical, and neurop... [more]
Turek, Fred
Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. A second major focus of t... [more]
Tysseling, Vicki
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Neuroscience
Description of Interests
The goal of our lab is to enhance functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). Our approach to SCI research uses animal models to identify changes that occur within the spinal cord after injury... [more]
Varma, Dileep
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Description of Interests
Our lab is primarily focused on cell cycle, cell proliferation, and cancer. Within Neuroscience, we are interested in two broad areas. One of them is brain development. Specifically, we are interested... [more]
Vassar, Robert
Director of Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Professor of Behavioral Neurology and Cell & Developmental Biology
Description of Interests
We study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease with the goal of contributing to the discovery of effective disease-modifying therapies. We have multiple projects focusing on div... [more]
Vitaterna, Martha
Research Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
My primary research focus is on the genetics of sleep and circadian rhythms. This has included the functional identification of core mammalian circadian clock genes, Clock, Cry1, and Cry2. The origina... [more]
Weintraub, Sandra
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Description of Interests
Age-related neurodegenerative brain diseases that affect cognition and behavior are the focus of my work. Large-scale neuroanatomical networks such as those that support language can be selectively ta... [more]
Whitlon, Donna
Research Professor of Otolaryngology
Description of Interests
The main focus of this group is to screen for drug/chemicals that protect or repair hearing and to move them to the clinic.
Wong, Yvette
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
Our lab’s goal is to investigate organelle dynamics such as mitochondria and lysosomes to elucidate new pathways in neuronal and cell biology, and diseases including neurodegeneration. Mitochondria an... [more]
Woolley, Catherine
Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
Our research focuses on steroid regulation of synaptic structure and function and the consequences of steroid-driven synaptic modulation for behavior. Most of our work is on the hippocampus, a brain r... [more]