Interdisciplinary Neuroscience: Faculty and Staff
The interdisciplinary neuroscience program has over 70 faculty spread across three colleges and 12 departments who participate in the ING program. ING faculty and staff are listed below.
Our Faculty
Understanding the functions of cells and cellular components and the molecular mechanisms that underlie neurogenetic disorders and brain development.
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Deni Galileo | dgalileo@udel.edu | BISC | Molecular mechanisms that control human glioblastoma cell behavior during tumor formation and invasion using a novel xenograft chick embryo brain tumor model system. In vitro and in vivo approaches are used. |
| Lisha Shao | shaol@udel.edu | BISC | We study the genetic and neural mechanisms of reward, the interaction of different reward-driven behaviors, and the regulation of reward-driven behaviours by internal state and environmental stress. |
| Jessica Tanis | jtanis@udel.edu | BISC | We study biogenesis and cargo sorting mechanisms for extracellular vesicles released from C. elegans sensory neurons |
| Ho Ming Chow | hmc@udel.edu | CSCD | Understand how mutations in genes involved in lysosomal enzyme trafficking lead to developmental stuttering |
| Amanda Hernan | ahernan@udel.edu | neural dynamics underpinning behavioral impairment in pediatric epilepsy | |
| Dayan Knox | dayank@udel.edu | PBS | stress, central arousal systems, learning & memory |
| Tania Roth | troth@udel.edu | PBS | We are a behavioral epigenetics lab that studies the capacity of early environments and experiences to physically interact and link with our biology, with the goal of understanding the influence of this interaction on the development of behavior. |
| Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN | kbsmyth@udel.edu | NURS | Biobehavioral outcomes for adult survivors of adverse childhood experiences, and the neurobiology of trauma, resilience and healing throughout the life course |
| Jaclyn Schwarz | jschwarz@udel.edu | PBS | We examine the impact of the immune system and the hormonal system on the development of the brain and behavior, with an interest in the cellular (microglia, neurons and astrocytes) and molecular (cytokines, chemokines and hormones) mechanisms of these processes. We also investigate sex differences in the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. |
| Austin Keeler | abkeeler@udel.edu | BISC | We study the development of peripheral somatosensory (pain, temperature, and touch) systems by investigating the protein signaling pathways that regulate acquisition of distinct neuron cell types and function. We assess the consequence of perturbations in these systems to understand pain conditions. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Robert Akins | Robert.Akins@nemours.org | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory (TERM)/Nemours |
| Harbinder Dhillon | hsdhillon@desu.edu | Molecular Biology/Delaware State University |
We study the development of brain, physiology and behaviour in humans and animal models across diverse topics including language development, immune and endocrine effects, behavioral epigenetics, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, learning and cognition, and interventions for long-term effects of childhood adversity, of developmental delays, and autism.
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Deni Galileo | dgalileo@udel.edu | BISC | Use of the developing chick embryo brain as a xenograft model system for analysis of human glioblastoma cell behavior. |
| Ho Ming Chow | hmc@udel.edu | CSCD | Neurodevelopmental trajectories in children who stutter |
| Amanda Van Horne | ajovh@udel.edu | ||
| Katherine Verdolini Abbott | kittie@udel.edu | ||
| Stephanie Del Tufo | sdeltufo@udel.edu | CEHD | Neurodevelopmental trajectories of language, learning, and literacy. |
| Roberta Golinkoff | roberta@udel.edu | CEHD | We focus on the development of language and spatial skills, and the role of play and media in children's learning. We study children from birth through age 6. |
| Giovanna Morini | gmorini@udel.edu | CSCD | |
| Mary Dozier | mdozier@udel.edu | PBS | Intervention effects on brain and behavioral development following adversity. |
| Anna Klintsova | klintsov@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Tania Roth | troth@udel.edu | PBS | We are a behavioural epigenetics lab that studies the capacity of early environments and experiences to physically interact and link with our biology, with the goal of understanding the influence of this interaction on the development of behavior. |
| Jaclyn Schwarz | jschwarz@udel.edu | PBS | We examine the impact of the immune system and the hormonal system on the development of the brain and behavior. We also investigate sex differences in the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. |
| Rod C. Scott MD, Ph.D. | Rodney.Scott@nemours.org
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cognition in brain disease | |
| William Kenkel | wkenkel@udel.edu | PBS | the neuroendocrine and neurodevelopmental consequences of common birth interventions |
| Arild Hestvik | hestvik@udel.edu | LCS | behavioral and EEG measures of language development in children |
| Evan Usler | eusler@udel.edu | CSCD | Understanding how the development of the speech motor system and its interactions with language and cognition |
| Michele Lobo | malobo@udel.edu | PT | Understanding typical and atypical developmental processes in children to inform the development of effective interventions for children with or at risk for developmental delays. https://sites.udel.edu/move2learn/ |
| Austin Keeler | abkeeler@udel.edu | BISC | We study the development of peripheral somatosensory (pain, temperature, and touch) systems by investigating the protein signaling pathways that regulate acquisition of distinct neuron cell types and function. We assess the consequence of perturbations in these systems to understand pain conditions. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/ External Organization | |
| Robert Akins | Robert.Akins@nemours.org | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory (TERM)/Nemours |
| Thierry Morlet | thierry.morlet@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours |
Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience study the relationship between the biological processes in the brain and the mind and cognition, in humans and animals. The broad aim is to determine how the brain functions and leads to observable behavior.
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Lisha Shao | shaol@udel.edu | BISC | We study the genetic and neural mechanisms of reward, the interaction of different reward-driven behaviors, and the regulation of reward-driven behaviors by internal state and environmental stress. |
| Joshua Cashaback | We study sensorimotor learning and control in healthy and neurological populations using a complementary blend of behaviour and computational modelling. | ||
| Katherine Verdolini Abbott | kittie@udel.edu | ||
| Stephanie Del Tufo | sdeltufo@udel.edu | CEHD | Individual differences in language, learning, and literacy. |
| Giovanna Morini | gmorini@udel.edu | ||
| Jennifer Kubota | jtkubota@udel.edu | PBS | how we form impressions and make decisions about about people from marginalized communities |
| Philip Gable | pagable@udel.edu | PBS | Study of motivation. I examine the interplay of motivation with emotion, personality, control, substance use, and cognitive scope using neurophysiological processes such as EEG frontal asymmetry, EEG beta suppression over the motor cortex, event-related potentials (e.g., RewP, N1, LPP), and transcranial magnetic stimulation. |
| Jasmin Cloutier | jclout@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Amy Griffin | amygriff@udel.edu | PBS | Neural circuitry underlying spatial working memory |
| Amanda Hernan | ahernan@udel.edu | neural dynamics underpinning behavioral impairment in pediatric epilepsy | |
| Dayan Knox | dayank@udel.edu | PBS | stress and central arousal systems |
| Peter Mende-Siedlecki | pmende@udel.edu | PBS | the social cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie how we dynamically perceive and learn about other people |
| Joshua Neunuebel | jneun@udel.edu | PBS | neural coding of social information |
| Keith Schneider | keithas@udel.edu | PBS | relationship between the architecture of the human sensory systems and the functions of attention, perception and awareness; dyslexia |
| Rod C. Scott MD, Ph.D. | Rodney.Scott@nemours.org | cognition in brain disease | |
| Timothy Vickery | tvickery@udel.edu | PBS | I study human perception and cognition using behavior, psychophysics, and neuroimaging (fMRI). I am particularly interested in how incidental learning affects perception and performance, and the role of perceptual organization and objects in visual perception. |
| Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN | kbsmyth@udel.edu | NURS | Adverse childhood experiences and the neurobiology of trauma, resilience and healing throughout the life course |
| William Kenkel | wkenkel@udel.edu | PBS | the neuroendocrine and neurodevelopmental consequences of common birth interventions |
| Arild Hestvik | hestvik@udel.edu | LCS | the nature of linguistic mental representations and processes in normal adults measured with EEG |
| Matthew Cohen | mlcohen@udel.edu | CSCD | Cognitive assessment of and early intervention for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias |
| Evan Usler | eusler@udel.edu | CSCD | Understanding how speech, language, and cognition interact in typical and clinical populations |
| Michele Lobo | malobo@udel.edu | PT | Understanding how perceptual-motor experiences and interventions can impact motor and cognitive outcomes for children. https://sites.udel.edu/move2learn/ |
| Alon Hafri | alon@udel.edu | LCS | I combine visual psychophysics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroimaging (functional MRI) to uncover how the brain supports visual and linguistic representations, and the link between the two. |
| Jennifer Semrau | semrau@udel.edu | KAAP | Sensorimotor integration and neurorehabilitation of the upper limb in stroke and other neurologic injuries/diseases. |
| Lynsey Keator | lkeator@udel.edu | LCS | Interdisciplinary collaboration of speech-language pathology and neuroscience in stroke rehabilitation and more specifically, the implementation of neuroimaging and neuromodulation to explore the recruitment of residual neural networks following a traumatic event, such as a stroke. |
| Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam | mvaziri@udel.edu | PBS | We study the computational and neural mechanisms that enable real-time interactions with objects and people. We use behavioral experiments, body movement tracking, neuroimaging, and computational methods to gain a deeper understanding of visual processing in everyday interactive settings. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Kyoko Nagao | kyoko.nagao@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours, Communication Sciences & Disorders/UD |
| Hwan Kim | yhkim@desu.edu | Biological Sciences/Delaware State University |
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Joshua Cashaback | joshcash@udel.edu | We study sensorimotor learning and control in healthy and neurological populations using a complementary blend of behaviour and computational modelling. | |
| Austin Brockmeier | ajbrock@udel.edu | ECE/CIS | Neural decoding and statistical modeling |
| Tobin Driscoll | driscoll@udel.edu | ||
| Amanda Hernan | ahernan@udel.edu | neural dynamics underpinning behavioral impairment in pediatric epilepsy | |
| Rod C. Scott MD, Ph.D. | Rodney.Scott@nemours.org | cognition in brain disease | |
| Abhyudai Singh | absingh@udel.edu | ECE | Prof. Singh’s research interests are in the area of Systems and Control with applications to systems biology and medicine |
| Wei Qian | weiqian@udel.edu | ||
| Austin Keeler | abkeeler@udel.edu | BISC | We utilize the high throughput and multiplexed nature of single-cell mass cytometry to study the role of neurotrophic receptor signaling in the acquisition of neuron cell types through analysis of quantitative, single-cell protein expression and signaling activity datasets. |
| Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam | mvaziri@udel.edu | PBS | We study the computational and neural mechanisms that enable real-time interactions with objects and people. We use behavioral experiments, body movement tracking, neuroimaging, and computational methods to gain a deeper understanding of visual processing in everyday interactive settings. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Hwan Kim | yhkim@desu.edu | Biological Sciences/Delaware State University |
| Robert Akins | Robert.Akins@nemours.org | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory (TERM)/Nemours |
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Curtis Johnson | clj@udel.edu | BME | My laboratory develops neuroimaging technologies to assess brain tissue health through biomechanics, and explore applications in neuroscience, neurology, and neurosurgery |
| Fabrizio Sergi | fabs@udel.edu | We develop robotic d for physical interaction with humans and study how robots can be of assistance or rehabilitation of motor function after injury of the central nervous system. | |
| Ho Ming Chow | hmc@udel.edu | CSCD | Developmental and neurogenic speech disorders |
| Matthew Cohen | mlcohen@udel.edu | CSCD | Cognitive assessment of and early intervention for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias |
| Amanda Van Horne | ajovh@udel.edu | CSCD | Treatment approaches for children with Developmental Language Disorders |
| Katherine Verdolini Abbott | kittie@udel.edu | ||
| Christopher Martens | cmartens@udel.edu | My laboratory is interested in vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. We study novel lifestyle and pharmacological interventions to delay or reverse age-associated memory loss in humans. | |
| Darcy Reisman | dreisman@udel.edu | The purpose of our work is to develop scientifically-based therapies to advance physical rehabilitation and recovery after stroke | |
| Mary Dozier | mdozier@udel.edu | PBS | Intervention effects on brain and behavioral development following adversity. |
| Amanda Hernan | ahernan@udel.edu | neural dynamics underpinning behavioral impairment in pediatric epilepsy | |
| Tania Roth | troth@udel.edu | PBS | We are a behavioral epigenetics lab that studies the capacity of early environments and experiences to physically interact and link with our biology, with the goal of understanding the influence of this interaction on the development of behavior. |
| Naomi Samimi-Sadeh | nsadeh@udel.edu | PBS | understanding why people engage in risky, impulsive and self-destructive behavior, with a special emphasis on elucidating how sensitivity and resiliency to life stress contributes to these harmful behaviors |
| Rod C. Scott MD, Ph.D. | Rodney.Scott@nemours.org | cognition in brain disease | |
| Jeffrey Spielberg | jmsp@udel.edu | PBS | pathological anxiety (e.g., PTSD, worry) and mood (e.g., depression, bipolar) |
| Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN | kbsmyth@udel.edu | ||
| William Kenkel | wkenkel@udel.edu | PBS | the neuroendocrine and neurodevelopmental consequences of common birth interventions |
| Frances Earle | fsearle@udel.edu | ||
| Stephanie Del Tufo | sdeltufo@udel.edu | CEHD | The DANE laboratory studies developmental disorders (e.g., developmental dyslexia, ADHD). |
| John Jeka | jjeka@udel.edu | KAAP | Our research group investigates how the nervous system uses sensory information (vision, inner ear) to estimate body dynamics and guide motor processes for upright balance control. The applied goal is to better understand patient populations with neurological disease and injury that lead to balance problems. |
| Philip Gable | pagable@udel.edu | PBS | Study of motivation. I examine the interplay of motivation with emotion, personality, control, substance use, and cognitive scope using neurophysiological processes such as EEG frontal asymmetry, EEG beta suppression over the motor cortex, event-related potentials (e.g., RewP, N1, LPP), and transcranial magnetic stimulation. |
| Thomas Buckley | tbuckley@udel.edu | Dynamic Postural Control following both concussion and the lifelong effects of repetitive head trauma | |
| Arild Hestvik | hestvik@udel.edu | LCS | behavioral and EEG measures of language processing in children with auditory processing disorders and developmental language disorders |
| Anna Klintsova | klintsov@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Keith Schneider | keithas@udel.edu | PBS | relationship between the architecture of the human sensory systems and the functions of attention, perception and awareness; dyslexia |
| Christopher Knight | caknight@udel.edu | KAAP | We investigate how the nervous system controls rapid movements and how such control is affected by the normal aging process, Parkinson's disease and exercise interventions. |
| Evan Usler | eusler@udel.edu | CSCD | Understanding motor speech and fluency disorders. |
| Susanne Morton | smmorton@udel.edu | PT | My lab studies motor control and motor learning deficits associated with stroke, cerebellar disease, and mild cognitive impairment |
| Jennifer Semrau | semrau@udel.edu | KAAP | Sensorimotor integration and neurorehabilitation of the upper limb in stroke and other neurologic injuries/diseases. |
| Austin Keeler | abkeeler@udel.edu | BISC | We study the development of peripheral somatosensory (pain, temperature, and touch) systems by investigating the protein signaling pathways that regulate acquisition of distinct neuron cell types and function. We assess the consequence of perturbations in these systems to understand pain conditions. |
| Roxana Burciu | rgburciu@udel.edu | Our lab combines behavioral studies and multi-modal MRI to study how the brain controls voluntary movements in healthy individuals and individuals with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. | |
| Lynsey Keator | lkeator@udel.edu | LCS | Interdisciplinary collaboration of speech-language pathology and neuroscience in stroke rehabilitation and more specifically, the implementation of neuroimaging and neuromodulation to explore the recruitment of residual neural networks following a traumatic event, such as a stroke. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Kyoko Nagao | kyoko.nagao@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours, Communication Sciences & Disorders/UD |
| Robert Akins | Robert.Akins@nemours.org | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory (TERM)/Nemours |
| Thierry Morlet | thierry.morlet@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours |
| Harbinder Dhillon | hsdhillon@desu.edu | Molecular Biology/Delaware State University |
Our studies of learning and brain plasticity encompass diverse topics including motor learning and rehabilitation from motor impairment, pediatric epilepsy, interventions for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, neurobiology of multiple memory systems, stress and arousal, and computational modelling of these phenomena.
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Lisha Shao | shaol@udel.edu | BISC | We study the genetic and neural mechanisms of reward, the interaction of different reward-driven behaviors, and the regulation of reward-driven behaviors by internal state and environmental stress. |
| Joshua Cashaback | joshcash@udel.edu | We study sensorimotor learning and control in healthy and neurological populations using a complementary blend of behaviour and computational modelling. | |
| Fabrizio Sergi | fabs@udel.edu | We develop robotic devices for physical interaction with humans and study how robots can be of assistance or rehabilitation of motor function after injury of the central nervous system. | |
| Amanda Van Horne | ajovh@udel.edu | ||
| Stephanie Del Tufo | sdeltufo@udel.edu | CEHD | Individual differences in neuroplasticity that underlie language, learning, and literacy. |
| Roberta Golinkoff | roberta@udel.edu | We focus on the development of language and spatial skills, and the role of play and media in children's learning. We study children from birth through age 6. | |
| Giovanna Morini | gmorini@udel.edu | CSCD | |
| Darcy Reisman | dreisman@udel.edu | We study different forms of locomotor learning in persons with neurologic conditions and examine factors that impact learning | |
| Amy Griffin | amygriff@udel.edu | PBS | Neural circuitry underlying spatial working memory |
| Amanda Hernan | ahernan@udel.edu | neural dynamics underpinning behavioral impairment in pediatric epilepsy | |
| Dayan Knox | dayank@udel.edu | PBS | stress and central arousal systems |
| Rod C. Scott MD, Ph.D. | Rodney.Scott@nemours.org | cognition in brain disease | |
| Timothy Vickery | tvickery@udel.edu | PBS | visual perception, attention, reward, decision-making |
| Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN | kbsmyth@udel.edu | ||
| Arild Hestvik | hestvik@udel.edu | LCS | neural measures of implicit vs. explicit learning of artificial grammars |
| Susanne Morton | smmorton@udel.edu | PT | My lab studies mechanisms of motor learning in health and disease |
| Roxana Burciu | rgburciu@udel.edu | Our lab combines behavioral studies and multi-modal MRI to how the brain controls voluntary movements in healthy individuals and individuals with movements disorders such as Parkinson’s disease | |
| Jennifer Semrau | semrau@udel.edu | KAAP | Sensorimotor integration and neurorehabilitation of the upper limb in stroke and other neurologic injuries/diseases. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Thierry Morlet | thierry.morlet@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours |
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Deni Galileo | dgalileo@udel.edu | BISC | Imaging human glioblastoma cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Confocal and time-lapse microscopy of glioblastoma cells in a chick embryo brain tumor xenograft model and in live brain slice cultures. |
| Lisha Shao | shaol@udel.edu | BISC | We study the genetic and neural mechanisms of reward, the interaction of different reward-driven behaviors, and the regulation of reward-driven behaviors by internal state and environmental stress. |
| Jessica Tanis | jtanis@udel.edu | ||
| Curtis Johnson | clj@udel.edu | BME | My laboratory develops neuroimaging technologies to assess brain tissue health through biomechanics, and explore applications in neuroscience, neurology, and neurosurgery |
| Ho Ming Chow | hmc@udel.edu | CSCD | Multimodal neruoimaging data fusion techniques |
| Katherine Verdolini Abbott | kittie@udel.edu | ||
| Stephanie Del Tufo | sdeltufo@udel.edu | Neuroimaging and electrophysiologiy techniques (MRI, diffusion, MR spectroscopy, EEG, ABR) are used as a tool to study the development and individual differences in language, learning, and literacy. | |
| Austin Brockmeier | ajbrock@udel.edu | Neural signal processing: making sense of multi-modal and multi-scale neural signals and neural imaging using machine learning and data science | |
| Roxana Burciu | rgburciu@udel.edu | Our lab combines behavioral studies and multi-modal MRI to study how the brain controls voluntary movements in healthy individuals and individuals with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. | |
| Christopher Martens | cmartens@udel.edu | My laboratory is interested in vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. We study novel lifestyle and pharmacological interventions to delay or reverse age-associated memory loss in humans. | |
| Jennifer Kubota | jtkubota@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Jasmin Cloutier | jclout@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Mary Dozier | mdozier@udel.edu | PBS | Intervention effects on brain development. |
| Anna Klintsova | klintsov@udel.edu | PBS | |
| Dayan Knox | dayank@udel.edu | PBS | stress and central arousal systems |
| Peter Mende-Siedlecki | pmende@udel.edu | PBS | the social cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie how we dynamically perceive and learn about other people |
| Tania Roth | troth@udel.edu | PBS | We are a behavioral epigenetics lab that studies the capacity of early environments and experiences to physically interact and link with our biology, with the goal of understanding the influence of this interaction on the development of behavior. |
| Naomi Samimi-Sadeh | nsadeh@udel.edu | PBS | understanding why people engage in risky, impulsive and self-destructive behavior, with a special emphasis on elucidating how sensitivity and resiliency to life stress contributes to these harmful behaviors |
| Keith Schneider | keithas@udel.edu | PBS | relationship between the architecture of the human sensory systems and the functions of attention, perception and awareness; dyslexia; imaging techniques |
| Jaclyn Schwarz | jschwarz@udel.edu | PBS | immune and endocrine systems influence on the brain and behavior |
| Timothy Vickery | tvickery@udel.edu | PBS | visual perception, attention, reward, decision-making |
| Jeffrey Spielberg | jmsp@udel.edu | PBS | pathological anxiety (e.g., PTSD, worry) and mood (e.g., depression, bipolar) |
| Dawn Elliott | delliott@udel.edu | ||
| Lynsey Keator | lkeator@udel.edu | LCS | Interdisciplinary collaboration of speech-language pathology and neuroscience in stroke rehabilitation and more specifically, the implementation of neuroimaging and neuromodulation to explore the recruitment of residual neural networks following a traumatic event, such as a stroke. |
| Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam | mvaziri@udel.edu | PBS | We study the computational and neural mechanisms that enable real-time interactions with objects and people. We use behavioral experiments, body movement tracking, neuroimaging, and computational methods to gain a deeper understanding of visual processing in everyday interactive settings. |
UD Faculty
| Name/Profile | Department | Research Focus | |
| Joshua Cashaback | joshcash@udel.edu | We study sensorimotor learning and control in healthy and neurological populations using a complementary blend of behaviour and computational modelling. | |
| Fabrizio Sergi | fabs@udel.edu | We develop robotic devices for physical interaction with humans and study how robots can be of assistance or rehabilitation of motor function after injury of the central nervous system. | |
| Ho Ming Chow | hmc@udel.edu | CSCD | Roles of auditory and sensormotor feedback in speech production |
| Katherine Verdolini Abbott | kittie@udel.edu | ||
| John Jeka | jjeka@udel.edu | KAAP | Our research group investigate how the nervous system uses sensory information (vision, inner ear) to estimate body dynamics and guide motor processes for upright balance control. The applied goal is to better understand patient populations with neurological disease and injury that lead to balance problems. |
| Philip Gable | pagable@udel.edu | PBS | Study of motivation. I examine the interplay of motivation with emotion, personality, control, substance use, and cognitive scope using neurophysiological processes such as EEG frontal asymmetry, EEG beta suppression over the motor cortex, event-related potentials (e.g., RewP, N1, LPP), and transcranial magnetic stimulation. |
| Thomas Buckley | tbuckley@udel.edu | Dynamic Postural Control following both concussion and the lifelong effects of repetitive head trauma | |
| Christopher Knight | caknight@udel.edu | KAAP | We investigate how the nervous system controls rapid movements and how such control is affected by the normal aging process, Parkinson's disease and exercise interventions. |
| Darcy Reisman | dreisman@udel.edu | We combine clinical and behavioral studies to understand movement deficits in persons with neurological conditions | |
| Keith Schneider | keithas@udel.edu | PBS | relationship between the architecture of the human sensory systems and the functions of attention, perception and awareness; dyslexia |
| Timothy Vickery | tvickery@udel.edu | PBS | visual perception, attention, reward, decision-making |
| Stuart McCaughey | smccaugh@udel.edu | taste sensation, feeding behavior | |
| Arild Hestvik | hestvik@udel.edu | LCS | neural reflexes of auditory sensation |
| Evan Usler | eusler@udel.edu | CSCD | Understanding speech motor processes and its interactions with language and cognition. |
| Susanne Morton | smmorton@udel.edu | PT | My lab investigates sensorimotor control for the purposes of understanding movement and enhancing rehabilitation interventions for individuals with neurological disorders |
| Michele Lobo | malobo@udel.edu | PT | Development and evaluation of novel technologies and activity-based interventions to advance motor and cognitive development for children with or at risk for developmental delays and learning disabilities. https://sites.udel.edu/move2learn/ |
| Jennifer Semrau | semrau@udel.edu | KAAP | Sensorimotor integration and neurorehabilitation of the upper limb in stroke and other neurologic injuries/diseases. |
| Austin Keeler | abkeeler@udel.edu | BISC | We study the development of peripheral somatosensory (pain, temperature, and touch) systems by investigating the protein signaling pathways that regulate acquisition of distinct neuron cell types and function. We assess the consequence of perturbations in these systems to understand pain conditions. |
| Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam | mvaziri@udel.edu | PBS | We study the computational and neural mechanisms that enable real-time interactions with objects and people. We use behavioral experiments, body movement tracking, neuroimaging, and computational methods to gain a deeper understanding of visual processing in everyday interactive settings. |
Other Institutions
| Name/Profile | Department/External Organization | |
| Kyoko Nagao | kyoko.nagao@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours, Communication Sciences & Disorders/UD |
| Thierry Morlet | thierry.morlet@nemours.org | Neuroscience/Nemours |
| Hwan Kim | yhkim@desu.edu | Biological Sciences/Delaware State University |
| Robert Akins | Robert.Akins@nemours.org | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory (TERM)/Nemours |
Executive Committee
| Name | Department | Contact |
| Dr. John Jeka, Program Director | Kinesiology & Applied Physiology | jjeka@udel.edu |
| Philip Gable, Graduate Director | Psychological & Brain Sciences |
pagable@udel.edu |
| Burciu, Roxana | Kinesiology & Applied Physiology | rgburciu@udel.edu |
| Chow, Ho Ming | Communication Sciences & Disorders | hmc@udel.edu |
| Hafri, Alon | Linguistics & Cognitive Science | alon@udel.edu |
| Johnson, Curtis | Biomedical Engineering | clj@udel.edu |
| Kim, Hyosub | Physical Therapy | hyosub@udel.edu |
| Klintsova, Anna | Psychological & Brain Sciences | klintsov@udel.edu |
| Schneider, Keith | Psychological & Brain Sciences | keithas@udel.edu |
| Shao, Lisha | Biological Sciences | shaol@udle.edu |