Faculty Interim Chair Adam Kohn, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor, Department of Systems & Computational Biology Interim Chair Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Isidor Tachna Professor in Ophthalmology 718.430.2417adam.kohn@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: My lab studies visual processing, with a focus on issues of rapid cortical plasticity, population coding, and inter-areal communication. We use neurophysiological, computational and behavioral methods in our work. View Profile Lab Heads Myles Akabas, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Medicine Director, Medical Scientist Training Program George Y. and Catherine H. Wu MSTP Directorship 718.430.3360myles.akabas@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Malaria parasite membrane transport physiology; mechanisms of purine, phosphate, and drug transport; development of novel antimalarial drugs that target the primary malaria purine import transporter and the phosphate transporter. View Profile Jonathan E. Alpert, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Pediatrics Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry 718.430.3080jalpert@montefiore.org View Profile Michael Aschner, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Pediatrics Harold & Muriel Block Chair in Molecular Pharmacology Director, Einstein Center of Toxicology 718.430.2317michael.aschner@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Mechanisms of mercury- and manganese-induced neurotoxicity, genetic factors associated with mercury and manganese toxicity, the role of dopamine signaling in susceptibility of dopaminergic neurodegeneration, metals in restless legs syndrome, neurotoxicolo View Profile Anita E. Autry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 718.430.2370Anita.Autry@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Our research projects are focused on understanding the neural circuits that regulate social behaviors, particularly parenting. View Profile Praveen Ballabh, M.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3853praveen.ballabh@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in premature infants (rabbit model, mouse model and autopsy), Effect of prematurity on brain development, Effect of IVH in interneurons, Effect of IVH on blood brain barrier development, Hydrocephalus View Profile Renata A. Batista-Brito, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 718.430.8507renata.brito@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Cortical development. Inhibitory circuits. Visual processing. Neurodevelopmental disorders. View Profile Aviv Bergman, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Systems & Computational Biology Professor, Department of Pathology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Chair Department of Systems & Computational Biology Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Systems & Computational Biology Director, Albert Einstein Institute for Advanced Study in the Life Sciences 718.678.1063aviv@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: My research agenda addresses quantitative problems in evolutionary systems and developmental biology by using a combination of computational, mathematical and experimental tools, as it pertains to complex traits. View Profile Hannes E. Buelow, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Genetics Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3621hannes.buelow@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Neural patterning with a focus on extracellular matrices using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans; Glycosaminoglycans in development as well as health and disease. View Profile Pablo E. Castillo, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Neuroscience 718.430.3263pablo.castillo@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mammalian brain. Synaptic dysfunction in experimental models of Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia and drug abuse. View Profile Streamson C. Chua, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2986streamson.chua@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Hypothalamic regulation of energy balance and feeding; Melanocortin regulation of fertility and reproduction; FGF signaling and glucose control; Leptin and leptin receptor models of obesity and diabetes; View Profile Ruben Coen-Cagli, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Systems & Computational Biology Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences 718.678.1150ruben.coen-cagli@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: We study neural computation to understand how the brain controls perceptual experience. Topics: neural coding and perception of natural images; neural variability and perceptual uncertainty; information coding and transmission; image/video segmentation. View Profile Kostantin Dobrenis, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2162kostantin.dobrenis@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Tim Q. Duong, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiology (Research) Professor, Department of Biochemistry Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Vice Chair for Research Department of Radiology 718.920.5113tim.duong@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: METHODS: medical imaging, MRI, image analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, and predictive modeling. DISEASES: COVID-19, clinical neuroscience, multiple sclerosis, brain injuries, neurodegeneration (AD/MCI), breast cancer. View Profile Emad N. Eskandar, M.D. Professor, The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Chair The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery Jeffrey P. Bergstein Chair in Neurological Surgery The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery David B. Keidan Chair of Neurological Surgery The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery 718.920.7099eeskanda@montefiore.org View Profile John J. Foxe, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Developmental Medicine) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Director of Research of the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center Department of Pediatrics 718.862.1822john.foxe@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Anna Francesconi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2258anna.francesconi@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Functions of metabotropic glutamatergic signaling in neuronal plasticity and homeostasis; impact of mGluR-interacting proteins and lipids on synaptic functions in animal models of Fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability and schizophrenia View Profile Lloyd D. Fricker, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.4225lloyd.fricker@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Neuropeptides and other peptides that function in intercellular and intracellular signaling; peptidases that generate biologically active peptides. View Profile Aristea S. Galanopoulou, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology (Pediatric Neurology) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3791aristea.galanopoulou@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Development of antiepileptogenic and disease modifying therapies for post-traumatic epilepsies; Mechanisms and treatments for epileptic encephalopathies; age and sex specific epileptogenesis; models of lissencephaly View Profile J. Tiago Goncalves, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.8524tiago.goncalves@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Adult neurogenesis; Neuronal development; Learning and Memory; Aging; Memory; In vivo Imaging; Stem Cells View Profile David H. Hall, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2195david.hall@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Connectomics, ciliogenesis, genetic control of axon guidance, axonal transport, and neuronal cell fate in Caenorhabditis elegans, tubulogenesis in nematode epithelia, anatomy of aging in nematode tissues, new methods in EM View Profile Jean M. Hebert, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Genetics 718.430.3494jean.hebert@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Devising methods of cell and tissue replacement for the adult neocortex to repair damage or age-related degeneration. View Profile Bryen A. Jordan, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Associate Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center 718.430.2675bryen.jordan@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Synaptic plasticity; RNA transport and local translation; synapse-to-nucleus signaling; Proteomic analysis of synaptic junctions; Neurodevelopmental disorders; ANKS1B neurodevelopmental syndrome. View Profile Kamran Khodakhah, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Florence and Irving Rubinstein Chair in Neuroscience 718.430.3794k.khodakhah@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Cerebellar physiology and function; Motor coordination and movement disorders; Cerebellar contribution to non-motor functions, Autism, schizophrenia, addiction and migraine; Neuronal Excitability and Synaptic transmission View Profile Peri Kurshan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics 718.430.3631peri.kurshan@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: synaptic development, synaptogenesis, synapse function, molecular neuroscience, cellular neurobiology, synaptic cell biology, C. elegans, genetics, development View Profile Herbert M. Lachman, M.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor, Department of Medicine (Oncology & Hematology) Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Associate Professor, Department of Genetics 718.430.2428herb.lachman@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: We use induced pluripotent stem cell technology to study the molecular basis of schizophrenia, autism, and neurodevelopmental disorders by RNA-seq and proteomics. Patient-specific lines and isogenic knockout lines, generated by CRISP-Cas9 are used. We st View Profile Alan D. Legatt, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Critical Care) 718.920.6530alegatt@montefiore.org View Profile Mark F. Mehler, M.D. Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Chair The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Alpern Family Foundation Chair in Cerebral Palsy Research Director, Institute for Brain Disorders and Neural Regeneration 718.430.3543mark.mehler@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Epigenetics and Evolutionary Biology Developmental Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases Cytokine Biology/Signal Transduction Pathways Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism/ASD) View Profile Sophie Molholm, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Developmental Medicine) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Co-Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Muriel and Harold Block Faculty Scholar in Mental Illness Department of Pediatrics 718.862.1823sophie.molholm@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: attention multisensory integration sensory and perceptual processing executive function View Profile Solomon L. Moshe, M.D. Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Professor, Department of Pediatrics Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology Director, Department of Pediatrics Division of Neurology Director, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology Director, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology The Isabelle Rapin Division of Child Neurology 718.430.2447solomon.moshe@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Studies include of antiepileptogenesis following traumatic brain injury, intractable age specific epilepsies and their consequences, and subcortical circuits involving the control of seizures. Model development. View Profile Saleem M. Nicola, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 718.430.2667saleem.nicola@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Neural basis of reward-seeking behavior, decision-making and drug addiction View Profile Jose L. Pena, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.4088jose.pena@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: We investigate how the brain selects relevant features of the environment to encode information efficiently. We study hearing in birds, using their specialized behaviors to elucidate fundamental principles of brain function. View Profile Alberto E. Pereda, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3405alberto.pereda@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Synaptic transmission; properties and plasticity of gap junction-mediated electrical synapses; functional interactions between chemical and electrical synapses. View Profile Jelena Radulovic, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director, Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein (PRIME) Sylvia and Robert S. Olnick Chair in Neuroscience 718.430.8510jelena.radulovic@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Rachel A. Ross, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine 718.430.3134rachel.ross@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Stress, autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrinology, neuropeptides, systems neuroscience, metabolism, nutrient state, sex differences, obesity, eating disorders View Profile Stephanie Rudolph, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 718.430.3120stephanie.rudolph@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Our laboratory explores how neuromodulation and inhibition shape brain circuits related to social communication and motor function. Our research has broad implications for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. View Profile Gary J. Schwartz, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 718.430.2263gary.schwartz@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Obesity/ diabetes, gut-brain neuroendocrine communication in the control of feeding and energy balance, neuronal nutrient sensing, neural control of thermogenesis, lipolysis and gastrointestinal function. View Profile Julie Secombe, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Genetics Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2698julie.secombe@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Chromatin and gene expression; KDM5 histone demethylase-regulated transcription; KDM5-mediated intellectual disability. View Profile David J. Sharp, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3463david.sharp@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: We study the roles of microtubules in cell division, motility and morphogenesis. We are developing therapeutics that target microtubule regulators to enhance wound healing, neural regeneration and cardiovascular disease. View Profile Robert H. Singer, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Cell Biology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Anatomy & Structural Biology 718.430.8646robert.singer@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: We study single mRNA molecules from cradle to grave in single living cells using high resolution imaging. We develop trafficking microscopy and approaches to image RNA using fluorescent probes to visualize and quantify mRNA. View Profile Lucas L. Sjulson, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2453lucas.sjulson@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Dr. Sjulson is a physician and neuroscientist who studies decision-making and drug addiction in rodent models using a broad approach that incorporates cutting edge methods from systems, computational, and molecular neuroscience. View Profile Frank F. Soldner, M.D. Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics 718.839.7770frank.soldner@einsteinmed.edu View Profile David C. Spray, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology) 718.430.2537david.spray@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Sylvia O. Suadicani, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Urology Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3225sylvia.suadicani@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Urogenital Dysfunction in Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Estrogen Deficiency, Aging, Overactive & Underactive Bladder, Female Sexual Dysfunction; Chronic Pelvic Pain; Interstitial Cystitis; Bladder Cancer View Profile Elyse S. Sussman, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 718.430.3313elyse.sussman@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Neurobiology of auditory perception, attention, and memory; human electrophysiology; neural adaptation; multisensory interactions in perception; changes in auditory cognition across the lifespan; neurodevelopmental disorders View Profile Vytautas Verselis, Ph.D. Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3680vytas.verselis@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Sensorineural syndromic deafness; biophysical characterization of mutant connexin channels; mouse models with altered Cx hemichannel function; development of pharmacological agents for treatment; mathematical modeling of Cx channels in the nervous system. View Profile Duncan W. Wilson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2305duncan.wilson@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Cell biology of neurotropic viruses. Mechanisms of assembly and motor-driven traffic of viruses in neurons and axons. Super-resolution imaging and correlative light and electron microscopy of viruses in fractionated neurons. View Profile Yunlei Yang, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.8570yunlei.yang@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Deciphering central and peripheral processes that govern energy metabolism and glucose homeostasis as well as affective behaviors by using combined coordinated neuroscience methods and metabolic tools (Neuron, Glia, Obesity, Diabetes, depression, Anxiety) View Profile Deyou Zheng, Ph.D. Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Professor, Department of Genetics Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.678.1217deyou.zheng@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Bioinformatics and systems genomics; gene regulatory networks; cancer; brain disorders; embryonic heart and neural development. View Profile Emeritus Joseph C. Arezzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology 718.430.2408joseph.arezzo@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Studies of peripheral neuropathy in mice, rats, and monkeys. Spinal Cord and cortical cord physiology. EEG studies of seizure and pre-seizure patterns Assessment of toxic neuropathies Human multicenter clinical trials View Profile Thaddeus A. Bargiello, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2408ted.bargiello@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Structure-function relations and voltage-driven conformational changes of connexin ion channels by combined electrophysiological, biochemical, structural and computational approaches. View Profile Celia Fildes Brosnan, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Department of Pathology Professor Emerita, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2140celia.brosnan@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Scott W. Emmons, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Genetics Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3130scott.emmons@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: C. elegans connectomics; nervous system development; specification of synaptic connectivity, neural cell adhesion proteins; sexual dimorphism of the nervous system. View Profile Anne M. Etgen, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor Emerita, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor Emerita, Department of Pediatrics Professor Emerita, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health 718.430.3662anne.etgen@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Donald S. Faber, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2511donald.faber@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Basic mechanisms, regulation and plasticity of synaptic transmission, microcircuits and behavior, intrinsic membrane properties, neurodegeneration and murine models of nervous system disorders. View Profile Alan Finkelstein, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3169alan.finkelstein@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Cedric S. Raine, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology 718.430.2495cedric.raine@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Mitchell Steinschneider, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology (Pediatric Neurology) Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.4115mitchell.steinschneider@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: auditory cortex; intracranial electrophysiology; humans; non-human primates; speech; language; complex sound processing View Profile Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Co-Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center 718.430.4025steve.walkley@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Pathobiology and treatment of genetic brain diseases View Profile R. Suzanne Zukin, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience F. M. Kirby Chair in Neural Repair and Protection Director, Neuropsychopharmacology Center suzanne.zukin@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Regulation of synaptic function and plasticity in response to external cues including neuronal insults, maternal deprivation, and stress, via epigenetic mechanisms. Altered signaling at the synapse in mouse models of autism. View Profile Other faculty Coralie Berthoux, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3262coralie.berthoux@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and plasticity under physiological and pathological conditions, such as epilepsy, drug abuse and autism View Profile Lucy L. Brown, Ph.D. Clinical Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3728lucy.brown@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Basal ganglia neuroanatomy and function; Reward systems; Neuroscience of romantic love and attachment View Profile Andres E. Chavez Navarrete, M.Sc., Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience andres.chavez@uv.cl Areas of Research: Neuromodulation of synaptic transmission under physiological and pathological conditions, such as retinal and neuropsychiatric disorders. View Profile Eno Ebong, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 617.373.8744e.ebong@northeastern.edu Areas of Research: Studying the means by which endothelial cell mechanotransduction occurs in order to prevent or promote diseases associated with the vasculature, including atherosclerosis, cancer metastasis, and neurodegenerative conditions. View Profile Yonatan I. Fishman, Ph.D. Associate Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Co-Director, Nervous System and Human Behavior Course 718.430.2904yonatan.fishman@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Cortical mechanisms of auditory perception View Profile Vilma Gabbay, M.D. Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Adjunct Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 845.398.6569vilma.gabbay@nki.rfmb.org Areas of Research: Dr. Gabbay's primary areas of research include multimodal studies of adolescent depression and reward deficits, the comorbidity of depression and substance use people living with HIV, and neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19. View Profile Maria E. Gulinello, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.4042maria.gulinello@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Behavioral neuroscience , biological basis of behavior, cognition, social behavior, emotion, pain and analgesia, anxiety, depression, ultrasonic vocalizations View Profile Laura A. Herndon, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2195laura.herndon@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: C. elegans, Aging, Muscles, Nervous System, Degeneration View Profile Dumitru A. Iacobas, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 936.261.9926daiacobas@pvamu.edu Areas of Research: - neurogenomics - cardiogenomics - cancer genomics - mathematical modeling of complex biosystems View Profile Anna I. Jasper, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2408anna.jasper@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Teresa Jover-Mengual, Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Visiting Associate Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology 718.430.2160teresa.jover-mengual@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Molecular and cellular events in the cascade of ischemic brain damage and neuroprotection in experimental stroke animal models. View Profile Soyoun Kim, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.4271soyoun.kim@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Goal-directed decision process, Learning and Memory, Corticostriatal circuit View Profile Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology) Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Adjunct Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 212.305.1948mll2219@cumc.columbia.edu Areas of Research: Neuroimaging, MRI, Brain, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Image Processing and Analysis, Diffusion Imaging of White Matter Microstructure, Cognitive Dysfunction, Clinical Investigation, MRI Safety, COVID-19 View Profile Marta A. Miquel, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3795marta.miquel@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Cerebellum and addiction; Addiction and neuroplasticity; neuropharmacology of alcohol. View Profile Farzan Nadim, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3795farzan.nadim@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Central Pattern Generation Neuromodulation of neural circuits Axonal propagation dynamics View Profile Kaoutsar Nasrallah, Ph.D. Visiting Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience knasrallah@fordham.edu View Profile Ken C.Q. Nguyen, M.S. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2196ken.nguyen@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Hiroko Nobuta, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3494hiroko.nobuta2@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Maritza G.B. Onate Valenzuela, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3795maritza.onate@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Alma Rodenas-Ruano, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 212.636.7043arodenasruano@fordham.edu Areas of Research: My research aims to understanding how experience tunes the formation and refinement of synaptic connections. I'm particularly interested in how epigenetic modifications triggered by the environment impact synaptic function. View Profile Jose Rodriguez-Alvarez, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3263jose.rodriguezalvarez@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Mechanisms involved in synaptic dysfunction and neuronal death in neurodegenerative diseases. View Profile Joshua J.C. Rosenthal, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 508.289.7253jrosenthal@mbl.edu View Profile Renato Rozental, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2537 Areas of Research: Mechanisms by which neurons survive within the penumbra following asphyxia, ischemia and TBI. Development of new therapeutic tools (biotechnology) to treat neurological patients in in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. View Profile Juan C. Saez, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3068jsaez@bio.puc.cl View Profile Eliana Scemes, Ph.D., M.S. Visiting Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 914.594.4028escemes@nymc.edu Areas of Research: The Scemes' Lab studies CNS disorders involving purinergic signaling and gap junctional communication. Projects are: Astrocyte gap junctions and the blood brain barrier; Glia-neuronal pannexins in epilepsy and pain. View Profile Heather Snell, Ph.D. Adjunct Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience heather.snell@yale.edu Areas of Research: Cerebellar contribution to motor impairments, such as ataxia and dystonia, and cognitive disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). View Profile Randy F. Stout, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2537rstout@montefiore.org Areas of Research: My research is on the gap junctions that connect astrocytes and oligodendrocytes to support neuron function and contribute to information processing. View Profile Jorge A. Vera Buschmann, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.3795jorge.verabuschmann@einsteinmed.edu View Profile Catherine A. Wolkow, Ph.D. Principal Staff Scientist, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 718.430.2195wolkowca@gmail.com View Profile Young J. Yoon, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology 718.430.2836young.yoon@einsteinmed.edu Areas of Research: Mechanisms of dendritic RNA localization and local protein synthesis; structural plasticity of spines; single molecule imaging of RNA and proteins; visualizing intracellular translation in real-time. View Profile