Medical College of Wisconsin Neuroscience PhD Program Faculty and Research
Neuroscience Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin is cutting-edge and highly translational. Close connections and collaborations between basic neuroscientists and clinicians make the atmosphere at MCW dynamic, disease-relevant and a rich environment for training. Our NDP students are an integral part of our research community because they receive one-on-one training from our NIH-funded faculty. If you are a prospective student looking for innovative, world-class training in a synergistic, exciting atmosphere, we invite you to explore our faculty research areas below!
Neurodegeneration and Neurotrauma
Neurodegenerative diseases including ALS, Parkinson’s Disease and Spinal Cord Injury are studied using stem cells, animal models and human tissues.
Xiaowen Bai, MD, PhD
Professor
Matthew D. Budde, PhD
Associate Professor
Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Lezi E, PhD
Assistant Professor
Allison D. Ebert, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program
Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Frank A. Pintar, PhD
Founding Chair, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Neurosurgery
Scott S. Terhune, PhD
Professor
Matthew B. Veldman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jordan Williams, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
Neuroimaging, tissue to brain
State-of-the-art brain imaging is used to study language, vision, hearing, learning and memory, and brain diseases including cancer.
Jeffrey R. Binder, MD
Professor of Neurology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Biophysics; Director of Stroke and Neurobehavior Programs, Department of Neurology; Director of Language Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology
Joseph Carroll, PhD
Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program
Adam Greenberg, PhD
Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Education, School of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Director of the Sensory Neuroscience, Attention, and Perception Laboratory
Peter S. LaViolette, PhD, MS
Professor; Director, Quantitative Imaging Laboratory, Medical College of Wisconsin; Section of Imaging Research, Division of Imaging Sciences
Timothy B. Meier, PhD
Professor
Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD
Professor
Cellular and Synaptic Communication
Neuronal Communication at the cellular level is studied using cutting-edge genetic and electrophysiological tools in order to dissect mechanisms of development and disease in the visual system, learning and memory, and addiction.
Shyam S. Chaurasia, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Ross Collery, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Nashaat Gerges, PhD, BPharm
Professor, Chair of the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Pui-Ying (Penny) Lam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sang H. Lee, PhD
Professor
Brian A. Link, PhD
Professor
Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy; Research Director
Qing-Song Liu, PhD
Professor
Wei Liu, PhD
Joseph F. Heil, Jr. Endowed Chair of Molecular Oncogenesis; Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program, Cancer Center; Director, Structural Biology Shared Resource (SBSR), Cancer Center; Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
John D. McCorvy, PhD
Associate Professor
Joel B. Miesfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Xuelin Lou, PhD
Professor
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Professor
Function of Neural Systems in Normal and Disease States
Neural circuits and pathways that underlie essential physiological functions and their misregulation in disease are studied. These include sleep disruption, breathing, chronic stress, reward systems, hearing, touch sensation and chronic pain.
Carol Everson, PhD
Professor
Leonardo Fernandino, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering; Interim Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Neurology
Constanza Garcia Keller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Butenhoff Family Professor of Cardiovascular Research; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
William Gross, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Kunal Gupta, MD, PhD, FAANS
Assistant Professor
Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research
Matthew R. Hodges, PhD, FAPS
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Director of Graduate Studies
John R. Kirby, PhD
Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research
John Mantsch, PhD
Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Adriano Marchese, PhD
Professor; Program Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program; Director, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences (IDP)
Aaron Mickle, PhD
Associate Professor
Gary Mouradian, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pablo Nakagawa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Christopher M. Olsen, PhD
Associate Professor
Hernan G. Rey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery; Physiology
Miranda L. Scalabrino, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Marvin Wagner Professor
Daochun Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor
Kenichiro Taniguchi, PhD
Associate Professor
