Meet the BRAINS Community

Connect with our network about neuroscience research, teaching, and much more. Search the BRAINS directory by name, institution, areas of interest.

This directory was created with funding support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology.

David Davis

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Research Assistant Professor

Sebastian Alvarado

City University of New York
Assistant professor, consultant

Christian Cazares

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Postdoctoral Fellow

Onarae Rice

Furman University
Professor

Kenny Roman

University of Pittsburgh
Research Assistant Professor

Tanea Reed

Eastern Kentucky University
Chair/ Professor

India Nichols-Obande

Spelman College
Assistant Professor

Aarti Kuver

AKScientist
Director of Research

Maria Diehl

Kansas State University
Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences

Tameka Clemons

University of Houston
Clinical Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Cedric Williams

University of Virginia
Professor

Patricia Heyn

Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University
Director and Professor

Farrah Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor

BRAINS Team

University of Washington
BRAINS Program Team

Melvin Rouse

University of Puget Sound
Associate Professor of Psychology

Marc Binder

University of Washington School of Medicine
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics

Yasmin Escobedo Lozoya

Harvard Medical School
Postodoctoral Researcher

Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez

Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor

Carlos Mejias-Aponte

National Eye Institute
Staff Scientist

Jose Abisambra

University of Florida
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and CTRND, Vice-Chair of Strategic Operations Department of Neuroscience, Deputy Director BRAIN Injury Center, Assistant Dean of Diversity & Health Equity

Elba Serrano

New Mexico State University
Regents Professor

Felicia Davatolhagh

University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Scholar

Erin Carll

University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE)
Evaluator, BRAINS; Associate Director, UW CERSE

Lara do Amaral Silva

Wake Forest University
Assistant Professor

Ashlee Shaw

Princeton University
Director of College Success, Student Engagement

Lindsay Sailer

Cornell University
Postdoctoral Fellow

Sierra Stringfield

University of Pittsburgh
Research Instructor

Cristina Banuelos

NIA/NIH
Research Scientist

Evelin Cotella

CONICET (Argentinean National Council for Technical and Scientific Research)
Assistant Researcher

Elizabeth Glater

Pomona College
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Postdoctoral Fellow

Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez

University of Rochester
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Joaquin Lugo

Baylor University
Professor

Carlos J Rivero-Quiles

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow

Adriana Galvan

Emory University
Associate Professor

Tonya Taylor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Director of Content Strategy and Training

Daniel Okobi

UCLA, West Los Angeles VA
Behavioral Neurology Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow

Wambura Fobbs

Swarthmore College
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Raddy Ramos

New York Institute of Technology
Associate Professor

Stuart Washington

Howard University
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Shikha Prashad

University of Texas at Arlington
Assistant Professor

André White

Mount Holyoke College
Assistant Professor

Tatiana Viena

Florida International University
Postdoctoral Scholar

Naima Dahir

University of Michigan
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ellen Terry

University of Florida
Assistant Professor

Edward Ofori

Arizona State Universiy
Assistant Professor

Adelina Holguín

Dona Ana Community College - New Mexico State University
Associate Professor

Flavia Barbano

NIDA/NIH
Staff Scientist

Kedra Wallace

University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs School of Population Health, Associate Professor,

Shahzad Khan

Stanford University
Postdoctoral Scholar

Cristina Velazquez-Marrero

Institute of Neurobiology
Associate Professor

Antonia Kaczkurkin

Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Lorianna Colon

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/ University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow

Kenneth Maynard

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director, Global Program Team Effectiveness and Global Program Leader Excellence, CEO of Career and Corporate Coaching, LLC

Lisa Hiura

University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor

Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing

Drexel University
Assistant Professor

Janet Menzie-Suderam

Florida Atlantic University
Research Assistant Professor

Phillip Rivera

Macalester College
Assistant Professor

Fabio Antonio Borges Vigil

Louisiana State University
Assistant Professor

Anne Etgen

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professor Emerita, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Gabriel Gasque

protocols.io
Head of Outreach

Claire Horner-Devine

BRAINS, UW; Counterspace Consulting LLC
BRAINS Co-director; Coach and consultant

Krissy Lyon

Salk Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow

Stacey Glasgow

University of California San Diego
Assistant Professor

Martha Bosma

University of Washington
Professor

Joyce Yen

University of Washington
Director, UW ADVANCE, and Co-Director, BRAINS

Arturo Zavala

California State University, Long Beach
Professor

Monica Santisteban

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jahn O’Neil

Howard University College of Medicine
Assistant Professor

Leslie Kwakye

Oberlin College
Associate Professor of Neuroscience; Director of Undergraduate Research

Priscila Goncalves

Columbia University
Post doctoral fellow

Ashley Bourke

Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Postdoctoral Researcher

Michael Wells

UCLA
Assistant Professor

Angeline Dukes

University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor

Brandy Briones

University of Washington, Seattle
Postdoctoral Fellow

Carlos Ponce

Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor

Roberto Aguilar

Bionano, Lone Star College
Field Application Scientist, Adjunct Faculty Biology

Fay Guarraci

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Professor of Psychology

Edmarie Guzman-Velez

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Staff neuropsychologist

Nicholas Giudice

University of Maine
Professor

Miranda Chappel-Farley

University of Pittsburgh
Postdoctoral Scholar

Marcelo G Mattar

New York University
Assistant Professor

Aqilah McCane

Oregon National Primate Research Center/OHSU
Assistant professor

Tahra Eissa

University of Colorado Boulder
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jeri Bryant

Arkansas State University Newport
Dean for Academic Success

Monique Surles-Zeigler

University of California, San Diego
Assistant Project Scientist

Daniel Tobiansky

St Mary's College of Maryland
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

C R (Rick) Baugh

C R Baugh and Associates
President

Caroline E Spencer

Boston University
Postdoctoral Fellow

Lucas Pinto

Northwestern University
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Joseph Sisneros

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Professor

Amy Laster

Foundation Fighting Blindness
SVP, Science Strategy and Awards

Antonio Aubry

Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai
Postdoc

Gerald Downes

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Associate Professor

Marta Sabariego

Mount Holyoke College
Assistant Professor

Jary Delgado

Loyola University Chicago
Assistant Professor

Tina Franklin

Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Scientist

Dionna Williams

Emory University
Associate Professor

Laura Vicente-Rodríguez

University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus
Assistant Professor

Johnathan Borland

University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral Researcher

Yakeel T. Quiroz

Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

MJ Metcalfe

University of California Irvine
Project scientist

Keith Trujillo

California State University San Marcos
Emeritus Professor

Agenor Limon

University of Texas Medical Branch
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology, Director, Mithell Center for Neurodegenerative diseases

Veronica Martinez Acosta

Univ. of the Incarnate Word/Marine Biological Laboratory
Professor of Biology, Co-Director - Biological Discovery in Woods Hole REU, co-PI - NSF LSAMP PUI-SATX Alliance

Dominique Pritchett

Howard University
Assistant Professor

Ami Koreh

University of Washington
Associate Director

D'Anne Duncan

University of California San Francisco
Assistant Dean

Sikoya Ashburn

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Post-doctoral Fellow

Rachel Talney

University of Washington
Associate Director of Operations

Joyonna Gamble-George

New York University
Postdoc Fellow

Sofia Beas

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Assistant Professor

Hugo Sandoval

Texas Tech Health Science Center El Paso
Senior Research Associate

Gunnar Kwakye

Oberlin College
Associate Professor

Maria Carolina Marchetto

University of California San Diego, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Assistant Professor

Ernest Chivero

University of Nebraska Omaha
Assistant Professor

Elliot Sommer

North Central State College, United States Army Reserves
Assistant Professor, Bioscience Program Coordinator, Captain

Tufikameni Brima

University of Rochester
Research Assistant Professor

Carmen Freire-Cobo

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Senior scientist

Brianna Blaser

University of Washington
Associate Director, AccessADVANCE

Ebony Glover

Kennesaw State University
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Erica Glasper

The Ohio State University
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Co-Director of Discovery PREP

Victor Cazares

Williams College
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Christina King

Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Associate Director and Staff Scientist

Ashley Griffin

Washington University in St. Louis
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Samuel Acuña

George Mason University
Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of Design

Erika Calvo-Ochoa

Hope College
Assistant Professor

Jonathan Morrow

University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Elda Rueda

University of Houston-Downtown
Assistant Professor

Felicia Jefferson

University of Nevada
Associate Professor

Karina Alviña

University of Florida
Assistant Professor

Roberta Marongiu

Weill Cornell Medicine
Assistant professor of genetics and neuroscience -member Women's Brain Foundation - founder and CEO of stoPD, non-profit for people with Parkinson's disease

Laura Cabrera

Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor

Annelyn Torres-Reveron

Sur180 Therapeutics, LLC
Co-Founder and CEO

Chad Jackson

Foundation Fighting Blindness
Senior Director of Preclinical Translational Research

Seetha Krishnan

University of Chicago
Postdoc

Ulises Ricoy

University of Arizona
Faculty Director Neuroscience & Cognitive Science

Luis Carcoba

University of Texas at El Paso
Research Assistant Professor

Brandy Tiernan

Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
Director, Human Research Protection Program

sama ahmed

University of Washington, Seattle
Assistant Professor

Matthew Clark

Bucknell University
Assistant Professor

Indira Turney

NIH/NIA
Stadtman Investigator

Chinyere Iweka

Stanford University
Postdoc

Laura Quinones Camacho

The University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Professor

Darlingtina Esiaka

University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Assistant Professor

Karen Moss

The Ohio State University
Assistant Professor

Shayna Wrighten

Francis Marion University
Associate Professor of Biology/African and African American Studies Program Coordinator

Glenna Brewster

Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Assistant Professor

Claudia Lugo Candelas

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Asisstant Professor

Serapio Baca

University of Virginia, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Senior Staff Scientist; Adjoint Assistant Research Professor

Sheri Mizumori

University of Washington
Professor, Chair

George Vidal

James Madison University
Associate Professor

Gilbert Martinez

AGC Biologics
Principal Scientist

Sarah Latchney

St. Mary's College of Maryland
Assistant Professor

Gabrielle Gutierrez

Barnard College, Columbia University
Assistant professor

Kelly Jean (KJ) Craig

CVS Health
Lead Director, Clinical Evidence Development

Cristina A.F. Román

Kessler Foundation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Research Scientist, Assistant Professor (Research)

Rick McGee

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Professional Development

Nancy Padilla-Coreano

University of Florida
Assistant Professor

Diana Martinez

Cooper Medical School
Assistant Professor

Lisa Savage

Binghamton University SUNY
Professor/Chair

Kimberly Williams

Spelman College
Assistant Professor

Briana Pinales

University of Texas at El Paso
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Amy Orsborn

University of Washington
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor

Sunday Francis

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIMH Research Fellow

Nathan Smith

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Associate Professor of Neuroscience/Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion for Research and Research Education

Laura Ornelas

UNC Chapel Hill, Center for Alcohol Studies
Postdoctoral research associate

Clifton Langdon

University of Connecticut
Associate Researcher

Farah Lubin

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Professor & Director of the NINDS Neuroscience Roadmap Scholar Program at UAB

Jose E. Cavazos

UT Health San Antonio
Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Lillian Brady

Vanderbilt University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Anna Rosenhauer

Wayne State University
Postdoctoral Fellow

James E. Orfila

The Ohio State University Medical Center
Research Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the OSU-Cerebrovascular and Neuroregeneration Institute