Neurosciences Faculty

With some 137 members, UC San Diego’s neuroscience faculty is among the nation’s largest and represents a breadth of disciplines and specialties. About one third of these positions are co-appointments or partnerships with other institutions.

Name Title Division Contact
Agrawal, Kunal HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES kuagrawal@ucsd.edu619-543-7760
Albright, Thomas D Adjunct Professor PSYCHOLOGY talbrigh@ucsd.edu858-453-4100
Alexander, Joshua HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES joalexander@ucsd.edu
Ansari, Hossein HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES hoansari@ucsd.edu858-534-5679
Baldwin, Kristin Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES kkbaldwin@ucsd.edu
Banks, Sarah Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES sbanks@ucsd.edu 
Blesch, Armin Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES ablesch@ucsd.edu
Brewer, James Brian Professor/Chair NEUROSCIENCES jbrewer@ucsd.edu858-534-9434
Brown, Timothy Assistant Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES ttbrown@ucsd.edu858-822-1769
Bui, Jonathan D HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jdbui@ucsd.edu858-822-6700
Callaway, Edward M Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES ecallaway@ucsd.edu
Checkoway, Harvey Adjunct Professor FAMILY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH hcheckoway@ucsd.edu858-822-0159
Chen, Dillon Y. HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES dyc017@ucsd.edu858-966-5819
Chen, Xu Assistant Professor NEUROSCIENCES x1chen@ucsd.edu 858-822-1025
Chun, Jerold J.M. Adjunct Professor PHARMACOLOGY jchun@ucsd.edu858-784-8410
Cleveland, Don W Professor CELLULAR & MOLECULAR MEDICINE dcleveland@ucsd.edu858-534-7811
Cline, Hollis Tremaine Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES hcline@ucsd.edu
Corey-Bloom, Jody Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES jcoreybloom@ucsd.edu858-246-1288
Coughlin, David HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES dacoughlin@ucsd.edu858-249-0856
Courchesne, Eric Professor NEUROSCIENCES ecourchesne@ucsd.edu858-534-6914
Crawford, John Ross Professor of Clinical NEUROSCIENCES jrcrawford@ucsd.edu858-966-5819
Dale, Anders M Professor NEUROSCIENCES amdale@ucsd.edu858-822-6671
Daneman, Richard Assistant Professor PHARMACOLOGY rdaneman@ucsd.edu858-822-2376
Delaney, Patrick A HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES pdelaney@ucsd.edu619-543-6266
Desplats, Paula Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES pdesplats@ucsd.edu858-822-3182
Devor, Anna Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES adevor@ucsd.edu858-232-9940
Dunn-Pirio, Anastasie HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES adunnpirio@ucsd.edu858-249-0856
Edland, Steven D. Adjunct Professor FAMILY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH sedland@ucsd.edu858-246-1250
Ellis, Ronald Joseph Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES roellis@ucsd.edu619-543-5079
Ellisman, Mark H Professor NEUROSCIENCES mellisman@ucsd.edu858-534-2251
Evans, Ronald M Adjunct Professor CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY rmevans@ucsd.edu858-453-4100
Evans, Sean J HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES sevans@ucsd.edu858-657-8540
Feldman, Howard Professor NEUROSCIENCES howardfeldman@ucsd.edu858-246-1347
Ferrey, Dominic Alexander HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES dferrey@ucsd.edu619-543-3500
Filoteo, Julian Vincent Adjunct Professor PSYCHIATRY vfiloteo@ucsd.edu858-249-1748
Friedman, Jennifer Rebecca HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jrfriedman@ucsd.edu858-966-5819
Gage, Fred H Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES fgage@ucsd.edu858-453-4100
Galambos, Robert Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES rgalambos@ucsd.edu
Galasko, Douglas R Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES dgalasko@ucsd.edu858-246-1240
Gertsch, Jeffrey Hill HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jgertsch@ucsd.edu
Gleeson, Joseph Gerard Professor NEUROSCIENCES jogleeson@ucsd.edu858-246-0524
Gold, Jeffrey Joseph HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jjgold@ucsd.edu
Goldstein, Lawrence S.B. Professor CELLULAR & MOLECULAR MEDICINE lgoldstein@ucsd.edu858-534-9702
Gonzalez Gonzalez, Cynthia HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES cyg007@ucsd.edu619-543-6291
Gonzalez, Hector M. Associate Professor NEUROSCIENCES hmg002@ucsd.edu
Graves, Jennifer Associate Professor NEUROSCIENCES jgraves@ucsd.edu858-246-2384
Grundman, Michael Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES mgrundman@ucsd.edu
Guido-Estrada, Natalie Mar HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES nguidoestrada@ucsd.edu858-966-5819
Gundogdu, Betul M. HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES bgundogdu@ucsd.edu619-543-5300
Haas, Richard Professor NEUROSCIENCES rhaas@ucsd.edu858-822-6700
Haddad, Gabriel G Adjunct Professor PEDIATRICS ghaddad@ucsd.edu858-822-4740
Halgren, Eric Professor RADIOLOGY ehalgren@ucsd.edu858-822-0762
Hemmen, Thomas M HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES themmen@ucsd.edu619-543-7760
Hillyard, Steven A Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES shillyard@ucsd.edu858-534-2385
Hnasko, Thomas Scott Associate Professor NEUROSCIENCES thnasko@ucsd.edu858-822-0672
Hook, Vivian Adjunct Professor SCHOOL OF PHARMACY vhook@ucsd.edu858-822-6682
Iragui-Madoz, Vicente J Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES viragui@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Isaacson, Jeffry Seth Professor NEUROSCIENCES jisaacson@ucsd.edu858-822-3525
Jeste, Dilip V Adjunct Professor PSYCHIATRY djeste@ucsd.edu858-534-4020
Jin, Yishi Adjunct Professor NEUROBIOLOGY yijin@ucsd.edu858-534-7754
Jindal, Anuja Vora HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES avjindal@ucsd.edu
Kansal, Leena R HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES lkansal@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Karanjia, Navaz P HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES nkaranjia@ucsd.edu619-543-6291
Karten, Harvey J Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES hjkarten@ucsd.edu858-534-4938
Khalessi, Alexander Adjunct Professor SURGERY akhalessi@ucsd.edu619-543-5540
Khoromi, Suzan HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES skhoromi@ucsd.edu
Kim Mcmanus, Olivia Sungji HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES okimmcmanus@ucsd.edu
Kinkel, Revere Philip Professor of Clinical NEUROSCIENCES rkinkel@ucsd.edu619-543-3500
Kleschevnikov, Alexander Assistant Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES akleschevnikov@ucsd.edu
Komiyama, Takaki Professor NEUROSCIENCES tkomiyama@ucsd.edu858-534-4654
Konersman, Chamindra HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES ckonersman@ucsd.edu858-642-3685
Koo, Edward H Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES edkoo@ucsd.edu858-822-1024
Kritchevsky, Mark Professor NEUROSCIENCES mkritche@ucsd.edu858-552-8585
Kutas, Marta Adjunct Professor COGNITIVE SCIENCE mkutas@ucsd.edu858-534-7450
Labuzetta, Jamie Nicole HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jlabuzetta@ucsd.edu
Lee, David Jin HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES djl036@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Leger, Gabriel HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES gleger@ucsd.edu858-246-2539
Lemke, Greg E Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES glemke@ucsd.edu
Lessig, Stephanie L HS Clinical Professor/Vice Chair NEUROSCIENCES slessig@ucsd.edu858-249-0856
Lipton, Stuart A Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES slipton@ucsd.edu858-657-8540
Litvan, Irene Professor NEUROSCIENCES ilitvan@ucsd.edu
Lu, Pengzhe Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES plu@ucsd.edu
Malinow, Roberto Professor NEUROSCIENCES rmalinow@ucsd.edu858-246-0274
Martone, Maryann E Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES mmartone@ucsd.edu
Masliah, Eliezer Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES emasliah@ucsd.edu
Mayford, Mark Richard Adjunct Professor PSYCHIATRY mmayford@ucsd.edu
McGehrin, Kevin HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES kmcgehrin@ucsd.edu 
Mellon, Pamela L Professor DEP. OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE pmellon@ucsd.edu858-534-1312
Meyer, Brett Cowan Professor of Clinical NEUROSCIENCES bcmeyer@ucsd.edu619-543-6867
Meyer, Dawn Matherne HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES dmmeyer@ucsd.edu619-543-2871
Miller, Arnold L Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES armiller@ucsd.edu
Mobley, William Charles Professor NEUROSCIENCES wmobley@ucsd.edu858-534-9434
Modir, Royya HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES rmodir@ucsd.edu858-657-7190
Mulligan, Caitlin HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES camulligan@ucsd.edu 858-249-0856
Nelson, James Erskin HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jenelson@ucsd.edu
Nespeca, Mark Peter HS Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES mnespeca@ucsd.edu
Norbash, Alexander Adjunct Professor RADIOLOGY anorbash@ucsd.edu
Northcutt, Richard G Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES rgnorthcutt@ucsd.edu
Pfaff, Samuel Adjunct Professor NEUROBIOLOGY sapfaff@ucsd.edu
Piccioni, David HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES dpiccioni@ucsd.edu
Pierce, Karen L Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES kpierce@ucsd.edu858-534-6919
Ravits, John M Professor of Clinical NEUROSCIENCES jravits@ucsd.edu858-246-1154
Reynolds, John Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES jhreynolds@ucsd.edu
Rho, Jong Professor NEUROSCIENCES jrho@ucsd.edu858-822-5861
Rich, Jeremy Naftali Professor MEDICINE jerich@ucsd.edu
Rismanchi, Neggy HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES nrismanchi@ucsd.edu
Rissman, Robert A Associate Professor In Residence NEUROSCIENCES rrissman@ucsd.edu858-246-0140
Rosenzweig, Ephron Assistant Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES erosenzweig@ucsd.edu
Roy, Subhojit Professor PATHOLOGY sroy@ucsd.edu(858)534-8857
Sahagian, Michelle L HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES msahagian@ucsd.edu858-966-5819
Salmon, David P Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES dsalmon@ucsd.edu858-246-1253
Sattar, Shifteh HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES ssattar@ucsd.edu
Sejnowski, Terrence J Adjunct Professor NEUROBIOLOGY tsejnowski@ucsd.edu
Shaner, Nathan Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES ncshaner@ucsd.edu858-534-8182
Sharpe, Cynthia Marion Assistant Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES csharpe@ucsd.edu
Shih, Jerry Professor of Clinical NEUROSCIENCES j8shih@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Shtrahman, Matthew Assistant Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES mshtrahman@ucsd.edu
Siavoshi, Sara HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES ssiavoshi@ucsd.edu
Silva, Gabriel A Adjunct Professor BIOENGINEERING gsilva@ucsd.edu
Soria Lopez, Jose HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jsorialopez@ucsd.edu858-249-0856
Spooner, Charles E. Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES cspooner@ucsd.edu
Squire, Larry R. Professor PSYCHIATRY lsquire@ucsd.edu858-642-3628
Stowers-Anderson, Lisa Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES lstowersanderson@ucsd.edu
Tecoma, Evelyn S. Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES etecoma@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Terry, Robert Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES rterry@ucsd.edu
Thomas, Ronald G Adjunct Professor FAMILY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH rgthomas@ucsd.edu
Townsend, Phyllis Jeanne Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES jtownsend@ucsd.edu
Trauner, Doris A. Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES dtrauner@ucsd.edu858-822-6700
Tsigelny, Igor F Professor Emeritus NEUROSCIENCES itsigelny@ucsd.edu
Tuszynski, Mark H. Professor NEUROSCIENCES mtuszynski@ucsd.edu858-534-8857
Viirre, Erik Scott Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES eviirre@ucsd.edu
Wagner, Steven L Professor in Residence NEUROSCIENCES slwagner@ucsd.edu858-822-4281
Wright, Brenton Alan HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES b9wright@ucsd.edu
Wu, Chengbiao Associate Adjunct Professor NEUROSCIENCES chw049@ucsd.edu
Yoshii-Contreras, June HS Assistant Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES jyoshiicontreras@ucsd.edu858-657-6080
Zheng, Binhai Professor NEUROSCIENCES bizheng@ucsd.edu858-534-5807
Zimbric, Michael Richard HS Associate Clinical Professor NEUROSCIENCES mzimbric@ucsd.edu
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