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Mihye Ahn

Associate Professor and Statistics Graduate Program Director

(775) 682-7177

mahn@unr.edu

DMSC 229

Josh Baker

Professor

(775) 784-4103

jebaker@unr.edu

163

Sal Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6908

sabubaker@med.unr.edu

George Bebis

Foundation Professor He, him, his

(775) 784-6463

bebis@unr.edu

WPEB 411

Marian Berryhill

Professor

(775) 682-8692

mberryhill@unr.edu

EMM 409

Gideon Caplovitz

Professor; Director of Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program

gcaplovitz@unr.edu

EMM

Yinghan Chen

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6775

yinghanc@unr.edu

DMSC 226

Michael Crognale

Psychology Department Chair, Professor

(775) 682-8690

mcrognale@unr.edu

EMM 438

Ruben Dagda

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-4121

rdagda@medicine.nevada.edu

MHS 19A

Scott Earley

Professor

(775) 784-4301

searley@medicine.nevada.edu

MHS 8

Josette El Zaklit

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-6870

jelzaklit@unr.edu

HREL 300D

Edward Ester

Assistant Professor He/him/his

(775) 784-6828

eester@unr.edu

EMM 228

David Feil-Seifer

Associate Professor, Graduate Director He, him, his

(775) 784-6469

dave@cse.unr.edu

WPEB 303

Yumei Feng Earley, MD, PhD

Professor

(775) 784-4116

yumeifeng@med.unr.edu

Eelke Folmer

Professor and Chair he, him, his

(775) 784-7592

efolmer@unr.edu

WPEB 403

Thomas Gould

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-8841

tgould@medicine.nevada.edu

Sarah Haigh

Assistant Professor She/her/hers

(775) 682-9885

shaigh@unr.edu

EMM 424

Emily Hand

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-8256

emhand@unr.edu

WPEB 415

Fred Harris, Jr.

Associate Dean for Research; Foundation Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

(775) 784-6571

fred.harris@unr.edu

WPEB 455

Linda Hayes

Professor

(775) 682-8696

lhayes@unr.edu

EMM 210

Ezra Holston

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7157

eholston@unr.edu

PHS 302

Jennifer Hoy

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6049

jhoy@unr.edu

Jeffrey Hutsler

Associate Professor

775-682-8694

jhutsler@unr.edu

EMM 414

Fang Jiang

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6828

fangj@unr.edu

EMM 403

James Kenyon

Professor, Director of the Institute for Neuroscience

(775) 682-8832

jlkenyon@med.unr.edu

AHS

M. Rashed Khan

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-1798

mrkhan@unr.edu

LME 307

Thomas Kidd

Professor

(775) 784-6669

tkidd@unr.edu

FA 311F

Jung Hwan Kim

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-4483

jungkim@unr.edu

FA 311G

Cynthia Lancaster

Assistant Professor She/her/hers

(775) 784-6828

cynthialancaster@unr.edu

EMM 120C

Anne Leonard

Associate Professor

(775) 784-1932

anneleonard@unr.edu

FA 311A

Mark Lescroart

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-6807

mlescroart@unr.edu

EMM 406

Matthew Lewon

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-8681

mlewon@unr.edu

EMM 225

Susan Liebman, Ph.D.

Research Professor

(775) 682-7338

sliebman@unr.edu

Paul MacNeilage

Associate Professor

(775) 682-8312

pmacneilage@unr.edu

EMM 407

Carlos Mariscal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6853

carlos@unr.edu

JC 103A

Grant Mastick

Professor and Co-Director of Neuroscience BS Program

(775) 784-6168

gmastick@unr.edu

FA 311D; Lab 309

Dennis Mathew

Associate Professor, Co-director of Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program

(775) 784-6052

dennismathew@unr.edu

Gillian Moritz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6065

gmoritz@med.unr.edu

Nicholas Murray, Ph.D., M.A.

Assistant Professor and Graduate Director of Kinesiology

(775) 682-8347

nicholasmurray@unr.edu

LR Room 105c

Violeta Mutafova-Yambolieva

Professor

(775) 784-6274

vmutafova@medicine.nevada.edu

Tin Nguyen

Assistant Professor He, him, his

(775) 784-6619

tinn@unr.edu

WPEB 435

Mircea Nicolescu

Professor

(775) 784-4356

mircea@cse.unr.edu

WPEB 413

Monica Nicolescu

Professor, Undergraduate Director

(775) 784-1687

monica@unr.edu

WPEB 307

Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Biomedical Research; Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-4060

lnotterpek@unr.edu

Stan Omaye

Professor

775-784-6447

omaye@unr.edu

SFB 005a

Jenny Ouyang

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6089

jouyang@unr.edu

SFB 212A

Simon Pieraut

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6083

spieraut@unr.edu

FA 319

Maryam Raeeszadeh-Sarmazdeh

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-8494

maryamr@unr.edu

LMR 484

Robert Renden

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-4352

rendenr@unr.edu

MHS 12A

Misty Riddle

Assistant Professor she/ her/ hers

(775) 682-7896

mistyriddle@unr.edu

Kenton Sanders, Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 784-6980

ksanders@medicine.nevada.edu

Deena Schmidt

Associate Professor

(775) 784-4642

drschmidt@unr.edu

DMSC 219

Yantao Shen

Professor

(775) 784-6918

ytshen@unr.edu

SEM 327

Jacqueline Snow

Professor

(775) 682-8688

snow@unr.edu

EMM 420

Lars Strother

Associate Professor

(775) 682-8678

lars@unr.edu

EMM 404

Alireza Tavakkoli

Associate Professor

(775) 682-8426

tavakkol@unr.edu

WPEB 417

Cam Ha Tran

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-9830

camt@med.unr.edu

MHS 3B

Floris van Breugel

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-9822

fvanbreugel@unr.edu

PE 226

Alexander van der Linden

Biology Department Chair, Associate Professor

(775) 784-6080

avanderlinden@unr.edu

FA 339

Chris Von Bartheld

Professor

(775) 784-6022

chrisvb@physio.unr.edu

Seán Ward

Professor

(775) 784-6061

sean@unr.edu

Michael Webster

Foundation Professor

(775) 682-8691

mwebster@unr.edu

EMM 408

Mariann Weierich

James K. and Lois Merritt Mikawa Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology She/her/hers

mweierich@unr.edu

EMM

Ebenezer Yamoah

Professor

(775) 784-7537

eyamoah@med.unr.edu

Benjamin Young, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6843

benjaminyoung@unr.edu

JC 102D

Xiaoshan Zhu

Associate Professor

(775) 682-6298

xzhu@unr.edu

SEM 337A

Emeritus faculty

Guy Hoelzer, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Biology
- hoelzer@unr.edu
Kenneth Hunter, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Microbiology & Immunity
- khunter@med.unr.edu
Tom Nickles, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Philosophy
- nickles@unr.edu
Nelson Publicover, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- nelson@unr.edu
Terence Smith, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Physiology and Cell Biology
- tksmith@medicine.nevada.edu
David Westfall, Ph.D., Dean and Professor Emeritus
- westfall@unr.edu

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