Neurobiology

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2026

• Cheung, Yuen Man Kathy — Neural Coding of Fear: From Genes to Brain-Wide Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jackson, Cameron Richard — Accessing the Developing CNS: Advancing AAV-Mediated Prenatal Gene Editing in the Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shi, Yuelin — The Brain’s Second Look: Generative Feedback and Dynamic Coding in Primate Vision (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Talukder, Sabera — Beyond Text: The Rudiments of Next Generation Foundation Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Tongtong — The Neural Basis of Brain-Body Communication (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Yameng — Neural Circuits Underlying Salt-Taste Valence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2025

• Coughlin, Gerard Michael — Spatial Biology Tools to Accelerate and Refine Adeno-Associated Virus Engineering and Application (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kadlec, Kelly Marie — Distinct Patterns of Overlapping Neural Representation Of Sensorimotor Variables in Primary and Associative Motor Areas: Insights from Chronic Intracortical Recordings in the Human Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2024

• Liu, Mengyu — Love and War: Control of Female Social Behaviors by the Hypothalamus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wadia, Varun Spenta — How We Imagine: Insights from Single Neuron Recordings in the Human Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2023

• Chen, Xinhong — Non-Invasive Functional Gene Delivery to the Central and Peripheral Nervous System Across Species (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hurt, Robert Cooper — Engineering of Second-Generation Acoustic Reporter Genes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ni, Yu-Li — Developing Tools for Neurobiology: The Retina as a Neuropharmacology Testbed & Electrode Pooling to Boost Extracellular Array Recording (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Torok, Zsofia Erzsebet — Resilience of a Precise Motor Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2022

• Ding, Ke — Imaging Neuropeptide Release and Localization with Genetically Engineered Reporters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Han, Yanting — Emotion Experience from Stories, Videos and Everyday Life: Structure and Individual Differences (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Bin — Transformations and Functions of Neural Representations in a Subcortical Social Behavior Network (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2021

• Altermatt, Michael — Serotonergic Circuits: Role in Sleep and Enhanced Genetic Tools for Access and Optical Recording (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chai, Cynthia Mei-Ling — Neurogenetic Analysis of C. elegans Developmental Decision-making (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turan, Zeynep — Life Without Cortex: Subcortical Circuits in Naturalistic Behaviors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Wan-Rong — C. elegans Models of ASD-Associated Missense Variants (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2020

• Gugel, Zhannetta V. — Effects of Sensory Experience on Early Stages of Olfactory Processing in the Fruit Fly (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sangjun — The Neural Basis of Sodium Appetite (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zocchi, Dhruv Sergio — Processing at Primary Chemosensory Neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2017

• Hulse, Bradley Kline — Membrane Potential Dynamics of Hippocampal Neurons During Ripples in Awake Mice (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2016

• Shai, Adam S. — The Physiology and Computation of Pyramidal Neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2015

• Gharib, Alma Mariam — Visual Behavior and Preference Decision-Making in Response to Faces in High-Functioning Autism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Justin — Development and Function of Sleep Regulatory Circuits in Zebrafish (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parker, Rell Lin — Lynx1 Modulation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2014

• Chiu, Cindy Nicole — A Perfect Day for Zebrafish: Neuromodulation of Sleep in a Diurnal Vertebrate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Inagaki, Hidehiko K. — Neuronal Mechanism of State Control in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nichols, Weston A. — Lynxl and the β2V287L Mutation Affect the Stoichiometry of the α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2009

• Southwell, Amber L. — Intrabodies as Therapeutics for Huntington’s Disease (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2005

• Bak-Maier, Magdalena — Commissural Axon Kinetics and the Role of Netrin in Early Brain Circuitry Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1999

• Jankowsky, Joanna L. — The Regulations and Role of Cytokines in Models of Synaptic Activity and Plasticity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1997

• Kang, Hyejin — Modulation of Synaptic Function by Neurotrophic Factors in the Adult Hippocampus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1995

• Proctor, Larry P. — Characterization of the Auditory Thalamic Nucleus of the Barn Owl (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1993

• Adolphs, Ralph — Processing of Interaural Level Differences in the Auditory Brainstem of the Barn Owl (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1992

• Michelsohn, Arie M. — Sequential Steps in the Determination of Chromaffin Cell Fate by Glucocorticoids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1991

• Knierim, James Julius — Neural Responses to Texture Patterns in Area V1 of the Alert Monkey (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patton, Bruce Lowell — Autophosphorylation Sites of the Type II Ca²⁺/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase: Identification, Regulation of Kinase Activity, and Site-Specific Antibodies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1989

• Sivertsen, Dave William — The Physiology of High-Order Visual Neurons in the Jumping Spider (Salticidae) and the Vocalizations of Free Ranging Owl Monkeys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1986

• Bennett, Mark Knowles — Brain Type II Calcium and Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase: Purification, Characterization and Molecular Cloning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1985

• Lewis, Richard Sheridan — The Ionic Basis of Frequency Selectivity in Hair Cells of the Bullfrog's Sacculus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1984

• Katz, Lawrence Charles — Intrinsic Connectivity of Identified Projection Neurons in Cat Visual Cortex Brain Slices (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krouse, Mauri Eugene — Investigation of Competitive Antagonist Binding to the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Using Voltage-Jump and Light-Flash Techniques (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Myers, Jay J. — Cognitive Transfer from Right to Left Hemisphere after Section of the Forebrain Commissures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1983

• McCasland, James Stacy — Neuronal Control of Bird Song Production (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1981

• Aston-Jones, Gary — The Behavioral Physiology of Locus Coeruleus Neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1980

• Bixby, John Lovell — The Formation and Loss of Supernumerary Synapses in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Corey, David Paul — A Biophysical Approach to Sensory Transduction by Vertebrate Hair Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marton, Kenneth Lawrence — Binocular Facilitation and Inhibition in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Cat (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1979

• Armstrong, David Lee — The Kinetics of Curare Action and Restricted Diffusion within the Synaptic Cleft of Motor Nerve Terminals on Frog Skeletal Muscle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cooper, Michael Lee — Studies in the Visual System of the Cat. I. The Retinothalamic Pathway in Normal and Siamese Cats. II. The Vertical Horopter (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1978

• Sheridan, Robert Edward, Jr. — Kinetics and Equilibria at Nicotinic Receptors in Electrophorus Electricus and Raia Erinacea Electroplaques (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stuart, Duncan Knight — The Neurosecretion of the Polypeptide Egg-Laying Hormone (ELH) from the Bag Cells, Neuronal Sites of Action of ELH, and Circadian Release of Polypeptides from the Eye of Aplysia californica (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1977

• Ready, Donald Furner — Development of the Drosophila Retina (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1976

• Harris, William Anthony — Color Vision in Drosophila (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1975

• Audesirk, Gerald Joseph — Part I. Studies on the Organization of the Eye of Aplysia californica. Part II. Studies on the Interrelationship between Two Neuronal Circadian Oscillators in Aplysia californica (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1972

• Kow, Lee-Ming — Study of Ion Movements in Isolated Chicken Retinas During Spreading Depression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1970

• Toevs, Lois Schloemer — Identification and Characterization of the Egg-Laying Hormone from the Neurosecretory Bag Cells of Aplysia (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1968

• Ahmed, Nawal Abd El-Hay — The Iodide Space in Rabbit Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gilbert, David Scott — Visual Acuity and Eye Movements (Dissertation (Ph.D.))