Behavioral Neuroscience

The Behavioral Neuroscience Faculty

Faculty with primary appointments in Psychology:

W. Keith Berg, Ph.D., Professor Psychophysiological measures in humans

Margaret Bradley, Ph.D., Research Professor Psychobiology of attention and emotion

Darragh P. Devine, Ph.D., Associate Professor Neurobiology of stress and stress-induced psychopathology, Self-injurious behaviour

Donald A. Dewsbury, Ph.D., Professor History of psychology; Comparative psychology

Linda Hermer-Vazquez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Systems neuroscience of learning, memory, and choice-making

Raymond W. Hermer-Vazquez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Role of oscillatory activity in neural information processing

Neil E. Rowland, Ph.D., Professor Physiology and neurochemistry of feeding

David W. Smith, Ph.D. Professor Physhophysical and physiological analyses of auditory and olfactory systems

Donald J. Stehouwer, Ph.D., Professor Developmental neurobiology - locomotion

Philip Teitelbaum, Ph.D., Graduate Research Professor Analysis of human movement disorders

Faculty with Joint Appointments in Psychology:

Christiana M. Leonard, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience Human brain imaging and disorders

Mark H. Lewis, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry Neurochemistry of behavior and disorders

Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry Cognitive neuroscience of substance abuse

Dean Sabatinelli, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Human brain imaging and disorders

Charles J. Vierck , Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience Somatosensory systems - pain perception

 

Past and present UF Behavioral Neuroscience students:

Recent former students (year of Ph.D./mentor/current employment)

Emily Crews, Ph.D. 2004 Rowland Assistant Professor, Flagler State College
Cedrick D. Dotson, Ph.D. 2006 Spector Post-Doctoral researcher, Dept. of Neurobiol/Anat. University of Maryland, Sch. of Medicine
Mark Eckert, Ph.D. 1998 Leonard Research Associate, University of Florida
Kyle J. Frantz, Ph.D. 1999 Van Hartesveldt Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Laura Geran, Ph.D. 2003 Spector Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Oral Biology, Ohio State University
Megan Green, Ph.D. 2007 Devine Post-Doctoral Researcher, St. Charles Pharmaceuticals
Connie Grobe, Ph.D. 2006 Rowland Post-Doctoral Researcher, >Dept. of Psychology, University of Iowa
Melanie McEwen, Ph.D. 2000 Stehouwer Research Associate, University of Kentucky, School of Medicine
Stacy Markison, Ph.D. 1998 Spector Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania
Susan Powell, Ph.D. 1999 Lewis Research Associate, University of California San Diego
Jonathan Roth, Ph.D. 1999 Rowland Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania
Jaime Tartar, Ph.D. 2004 Devine Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University
Lynette Taylor, Ph.D. 1999 Van Hartesveldt Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
Cheryl Vaughan, Ph.D. 2006 Rowland Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Biology & Psychology, Georgia State University

Current Students, 2007-2008

Name Starting
year
Degree
Sought
Advisor Office e-mail
Deniz Atalayer, B.A. 2005 M.S., Ph.D. N. Rowland 311B dehan@ufl.edu
Kathy Berger, B.S. 2006 M.S., Ph.D. P. Teitelbaum 339 kberger@ufl.edu
Vincent Costa, B.S. 2005 M.S., Ph.D. M. Bradley Surge area, bldg 772 vdcosta@ufl.edu
Katherine Gamble, B.A. 2006 M.S., Ph.D. D. Smith 311F kgamble@ufl.edu
Patricia Grebenstein, B.A. 2007 M.S., Ph.D. N. Rowland 394 pgrebenstein@ufl.edu
Ryan Randall Keith, B.A. 2007 M.S., Ph.D. D. Smith 311F rrkeith@ufl.edu
Marlon Martinez, B.S. 2007 M.S., Ph.D. L. Hermer-Vazquez 311F mm3313@ufl.edu
Clare Mathes, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. N. Rowland 311H cmathes@ufl.edu
Anaya Mitra, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. N. Rowland 311H amitra@ufl.edu
Amber Muehlmann, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. D. Devine 361 muehlman@ufl.edu
Sridhar Srinivasan, B.S.
2007 M.S., Ph.D. L. Hermer-Vazquez 311D ssri1983@ufl.edu
Michael Staup, M.S. 2002 Ph.D. D. Stehouwer 311B staup@ufl.edu
Yoko Tanimura, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. M. Lewis MBI-4123 tanimura@ufl.edu
Ian Thompson, B.A. 2007 M.S., Ph.D. N. Rowland 394 iet16@ufl.edu
Nathan Weinstock, B.S. 2005 M.S., Ph.D. D. Devine 361 natejw@ufl.edu