Faculty

* Denotes Undergraduate Advisor

Aimee Aysenne, M.D., MPH.
Director of Neurocritical Care | Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Email: aaysenne@tulane.edu

Lydia Bazzano, M.D., Ph.D.
Lynda B. and H. Leighton Steward Professor in Nutrition | Director Center for Lifespan Epidemiology Research | Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Email: lbazzano@tulane.edu

Alex Birdsill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Email: abirdsill@tulane.edu

Gregory Bix, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Neurosurgery
Email: gbix@tulane.edu

*Katie Black, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice in Neuroscience
Email: kblack6@tulane.edu

Daniel Burnston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Email: dburnsto@tulane.edu

David W. Busija, Ph.D., M.D. [Hon]
Regents Professor & Chair of Pharmacology
Email: dbusija@tulane.edu

Partha Chandra, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor in Pharmacology
Email: pchandr1@tulane.edu

*Sara Clark, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice in Neuroscience, Associate Director of MS Neuroscience Program
Email: sclark4@tulane.edu

*Paul Colombo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: pcolomb@tulane.edu

*David M. Corey, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice of Psychology
Email: dave@tulane.edu

Elizabeth Crabtree, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Email: ecrabtre@tulane.edu

James Cronin, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: cronin@tulane.edu

Matthew Dalva, Ph.D.
Director, Tulane Brain Institute | Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology | Presidential Chair
Email: mdalva@tulane.edu

*Jill M. Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology | Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Science
Email: jmdaniel@tulane.edu

Prasun K. Datta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: pdatta@tulane.edu

Benjamin Deen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email: bdeen@tulane.edu

Andrei Derbenev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology
Email: aderben@tulane.edu

Gary P. Dohanich, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Email: dohanich@tulane.edu

Stacy Drury, M.D., Ph.D.
Remigio Gonzalez, MD, Professor of Child Psychiatry | Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pediatrics | Director, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Laboratory
Email: sdrury@tulane.edu

Aaron S. Dumont, M.D.
Charles B. Wilson Professor | Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Email: adumont2@tulane.edu

Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Email: eenglerchiurazzi@tulane.edu

Jonathan P. Fadok, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email:jfadok@tulane.edu

Tracy Fischer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Email: tfischer1@tulane.edu

Elizabeth A. Fucich, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice
Email: efucich@tulane.edu

Maria Galazo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email:mgalazo@tulane.edu

Bruce C. Gibb, Ph.D
Professor of Chemistry
Email:bgibb@tulane.edu

*Thomas J. Hebert, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice of Psychology
Email: thebert1@tulane.edu

*Harry Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Member of the Linguistics Program
Email: howard@tulane.edu

Hai Huang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: hhuang5@tulane.edu

Suttira "Joy" Intapad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Email: sintapad@tulane.edu

S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry | Director of the Tulane Center for Aging
Email: sjazwins@tulane.edu

Prasad V.G. Katakam, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Email: pkatakam@tulane.edu

Woong-Ki Kim, Ph.D.
Chair of Microbiology Division | Associate Director of Research at the Tulane Primate Center
Email: wkim6@tulane.edu

Norman Kreisman, Ph.D.
Professor  | Vice Chairman of Physiology
Email: nkreism@tulane.edu

Jean-Pyo Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine
Email: jeanpyol@tulane.edu

Sarah Lindsey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Email: lindsey@tulane.edu

Ning Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Email: nliu3@tulane.edu 

Michele Longo, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Email: michele.longo@tulane.edu

Andrew MacLean, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Email: amaclean@tulane.edu

Demetrius M. Maraganore, M.D., F.A.A.N
Professor & Chair of the Department of Neurology
Email: dmaraganore@tulane.edu

Julie Markant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: jmarkant@tulane.edu

Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, M.D., Ph.D.
Price-Goldsmith Professor of Nutrition Research | Professor of Medicine | Director Tulane Diabetes Research Program
Email: fmauvais@tulane.edu

Stryder Meadows, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology | Director of the Tulane Transgenic Core Facility
Email: smeadows@tulane.edu

Michael J. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email: mooremj@tulane.edu

Ricardo Mostany, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Director of PhD Neuroscience Program
Email: rmostany@tulane.edu

Stephen Nelson, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Email: slnelson@tulane.edu

Stacy Overstreet, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Email: soverst@tulane.edu

Jay Rappaport, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Director and Chief Academic Officer
Email: jrappaport@tulane.edu

Jeffrey C. Rouse, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Email: jrouse@tulane.edu

Iboyla Rutkai Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Email: irutkai@tulane.edu

Laura Schrader, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: schrader@tulane.edu

Chad Steele, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: csteele4@tulane.edu

Gregory W Stewart, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics | W.Kennon McWilliams Professor & Director of Sports Medicine
Email:gstewart@tulane.edu

Jeffrey Tasker, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology | Catherine and Hunter Pierson Chair in Neuroscience
Email: tasker@tulane.edu

Di Tian, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Director of Neuropathology, Co-Director of Molecular Pathology
Email: dtian2@tulane.edu

Xiaoying Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Program Director of Brain Injury
Email: xwang51@tulane.edu

Yu-Ping Wang, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Director of Multiscale Bioimaging and Bioinformatics Lab
Email: wyp@tulane.edu

Beth E. F. Wee, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in School of Science & Engineering | Director of Master's & Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs | Senior Professor of Practice in Psychology
Email: bwee@tulane.edu

Lu Xu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Structural & Cellular Biology
Email: lxu4@tulane.edu

James Zadina, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine & Director of the Neuroscience Laboratory, VA Medical Center & Tulane University
Email: jzadina@tulane.edu

Andrea Zsombok, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Email: azsombo@tulane.edu

Kevin J. Zwezdaryk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Center for Aging
Email: kzwezdar@tulane.edu

* Denotes Undergraduate Advisor