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Name/Email Phone Research Interests
Ernest Chivero, Ph.D. 402.554.2709 Molecular mechanisms underlying microglial activation following exposure to HIV and/or substance abuse and its contribution in the development of HIV- or substance use-associated neurological disorders.
Erik Garcia, Ph.D. 402.554.2558 Understand individual-level predictors that govern the transition to compulsive drug use and identify the traits that contribute to the development of substance use disorders.
Suzanne Sollars, Ph.D. 402.554.3981

Sensory neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Development and neurobiological malleability of the taste system.

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Rosemary Strasser, Ph.D. 402.554.2705 Behavioral neuroendocrinology; comparative cognition, animal behavior & learning.
Ryan Wong, Ph.D. 402.554.4473 Behavioral neurogenomics and neuroendocrinology, neuroethology, behavioral ecology. Visit the Wong Lab website.

Courtesy Faculty

Name/Email Phone/Location Research Interests
Janelle Beadle, Ph.D. 402.554.3811 Cognitive neuroscience of empathy and loneliness, aging, dementia, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, hormonal assessments.
Jennifer Blackford, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Medical Center Neural basis of anxiety, including studies that map the basic neurocircuitry of anxiety, studies of anxiety neurobiology in children, and studies examining the role of anxiety in other psychiatric disorders.
Kuan-Hua Chen, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Medical Center Aging, dementia, family caregiving, emotion, social interactions, interpersonal connectedness, mental health, psychophysiology, neurophysiology, naturalistic studies and digital behavioral markers.
Alica M. Rich, Ph.D. 402.554.2641 Use molecular biomarkers and other indirect tools to compare primate physiologies and health outcomes in the face of human-mediated environmental challenges.
Ada-Rhodes Short, Ph.D. 402.554.2558 Understand individual-level predictors that govern the transition to compulsive drug use and identify the traits that contribute to the development of substance use disorders.
Christine Toh, Ph.D. 402.554.3927 Studying design creativity and how emerging technology is shaping the field of design by investigating how individuals and teams of designers make decisions in the early stages of design.
Jieqiong Wang , Ph.D. 402.554.3927 Machine leaning, Medical imaging processing/analysis, Brain development and aging, Disease diagnosis/prognosis.
Stuart White, Ph.D. Boys Town
Tony W. Wilson, Ph.D. 402.552.6431 Human neurophysiology, neuroimaging, attention and cognitive disorders, and signal processing.
David E. Warren, Ph.D. 402.559.5805 Cognitive neuroscience of human memory, organization of brain networks, neuroimaging, neurostimulation, neuropsychology.

Emeritus Faculty

Name/Email Phone Research Interests
Bruce Chase, Ph.D. 402.554.2586 Genetic contributions to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis
Jeffrey French, Ph.D. 402.554.2558 Social neuroendocrinology. (For more information, visit the Callitrichid Research Center and Endocrine Bioservices Laboratory.)

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