The following is an alphabetical list of active MCB faculty members and brief descriptions of their research. Additional faculty lists are available using the links below.

Emeriti and Professors of the Graduate School | Secondary Divisional Affiliates

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Hillel Adesnik
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Dynamics of neural circuits underlying information processing in the cerebral cortex.

Helen Bateup
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular mechanisms of synapse and circuit plasticity

Stephen Brohawn
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular basis of sensory transduction and cellular electrical signaling

Yang Dan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Neurobiology
Information processed by neuronal circuits

Daniel Feldman
Professor of Neurobiology
Sensory processing and plasticity in cerebral cortex

Marla Feller
Professor of Neurobiology
The development and function of retinal circuits

John G. Flannery
Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular mechanisms underlying diseases of the retina

Ehud Isacoff
Professor of Neurobiology
Ion channel function and synaptic plasticity

Na Ji
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Development of microscopy methods for clearer, deeper, and faster in vivo tissue imaging

Richard H. Kramer
CH and Annie Li Chair in Molecular Biology of Diseases and Professor of Neurobiology
Chemical signaling within and between neurons

Stephan Lammel
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Organization and function of neural circuits

John Ngai
Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of olfaction

David Presti
Teaching Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology

David Schaffer
Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular investigations of stem cells and viral gene delivery

Mark Tanouye
Professor (Affiliated) of Neurobiology
Mechanisms of nervous system structure and function

Emeriti and Professors of the Graduate School

W. Geoffrey Owen
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Membrane biophysics; retinal neurophysiology

Mu-ming Poo
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Neurobiology

Frank Werblin
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Neurophysiology of vision

Gerald Westheimer
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology
Neurobiology; psychophysics

Bob Zucker
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology
Cellular neurophysiology; synaptic biophysics

Secondary Divisional Affiliates

The following faculty have a secondary affiliation with the Neurobiology division.

Diana Bautista
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular mechanisms of transduction in touch and pain receptors

Beth Burnside
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology of the photoreceptor cytoskeleton

Gian Garriga
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics

Ellen Lumpkin
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Kristin Scott
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Processing gustatory information in the Drosophila brain

David Weisblat
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Developmental biology