Faculty
Meet the Neuroscience Faculty
Heather Hoffmann, Chair
Professor of
PsychologyPh.D., State University of New York-Binghamton, 1989
"I am interested in the origins of patterns of sexual attraction and sexual arousal, in other words what turns people on and why."
Judith Thorn
Associate Professor of
BiologyPh.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995
Cooperating Faculty from Other Programs
John DooleyAssociate Professor of
Computer ScienceM.S.C.S. Syracuse University, 1976; M.E.E., Rice University, 1982
"I think that most really good software gets written in small teams, so that's where I like to look for improvements."
Janet KirkleyProfessor of
BiochemistryPh.D., George Washington University, 1992
"My research program is devoted to investigating factors that control the size and character of the immune response"
Jennifer TempletonAssociate Professor of
BiologyPh.D., Concordia University, 1993
"The focus of my studies is on learning, memory, and foraging behavior, and involves experimental work in the field and lab." 
Alex VarakinAssistant Professor of
PsychologyPh.D., Vanderbilt University, 2006
"In general, I am interested in how visual processes contribute to cognition as a whole, how cognition as a whole impacts visual processes and how these interactions are shaped by, and influence, the way we think about and act in the world." Apply to KnoxundefinedAcademic News
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