Faculty and Research
Neuroscience Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin is cutting-edge and highly translational. Close connections and collaborations between basic neuroscientists and clinicians make the atmosphere at MCW dynamic, disease-relevant and a rich environment for training. Our NDP students are an integral part of our research community because they receive one-on-one training from our NIH-funded faculty. If you are a prospective student looking for innovative, world-class training in a synergistic, exciting atmosphere, we invite you to explore our faculty research areas below!
Neurodegeneration and Neurotrauma
Neurodegenerative diseases including ALS, Parkinson’s Disease and Spinal Cord Injury are studied using stem cells, animal models and human tissues.
Xiaowen Bai, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Matthew D. Budde, PhD
Associate Professor
Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Lezi E, PhD
Assistant Professor
Allison D. Ebert, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program
Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Frank A. Pintar, PhD
Founding Chair, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Neurosurgery
Matthew B. Veldman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Yu-Chieh (Jack) Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jordan Williams, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
Neuroimaging, tissue to brain
State-of-the-art brain imaging is used to study language, vision, hearing, learning and memory, and brain diseases including cancer.
Jeffrey R. Binder, MD
Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Professor of Biophysics, Director of Stroke and Neurobehavior Programs, Department of Neurology, Director of Language Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology
Joseph Carroll, PhD
Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program
Adam Greenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology; Director of Sensory Neuroscience, Attention, & Perception Laboratory (SNAP Lab)
Peter S. LaViolette, PhD, MS
Associate Professor; Director, Quantitative Imaging Laboratory, Medical College of Wisconsin; Section of Imaging Research, Division of Imaging Sciences
Shi-Jiang Li, PhD
Professor
Timothy B. Meier, PhD
Associate Professor
Christopher Pawela, PhD
Associate Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Anesthesiology; Biophysics
Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD
Professor
Cellular and Synaptic Communication
Neuronal Communication at the cellular level is studied using cutting-edge genetic and electrophysiological tools in order to dissect mechanisms of development and disease in the visual system, learning and memory, and addiction.
Ross Collery, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Nashaat Gerges, PhD, BPharm
Professor, Chair of the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Iris S. Kassem, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Pui-Ying (Penny) Lam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sang H. Lee, PhD
Professor
Brian A. Link, PhD
Professor
Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
Qing-Song Liu, PhD
Professor
John D. McCorvy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Joel B. Miesfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor
Xuelin Lou, PhD
Associate Professor
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Professor
Function of Neural Systems in normal and disease states
Neural circuits and pathways that underlie essential physiological functions and their misregulation in disease are studied. These include sleep disruption, breathing, chronic stress, reward systems, hearing, touch sensation and chronic pain.
Carol Everson, PhD
Professor
Justin L. Grobe, PhD
Associate Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research
Matthew R. Hodges, PhD
Associate Professor
John Mantsch, PhD
Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Toxicology
John R. Kirby, PhD
Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Michael W. Lawlor, MD, PhD
Professor; Associate Director, Neuroscience Research Center; Director, Congenital Muscle Disease Tissue Repository
Christopher M. Olsen, PhD
Associate Professor
Bin Pan, PhD
Associate Professor
Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Marvin Wagner Professor
