Barbara Beltz
Barbara Beltz is Susan M. Hallowell and Ruby Frances Howe Farwell Professor of Biology. She teaches courses in Introductory Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Neuroscience.
Areas of Research: Dr. Beltz's research focuses on the development of
the nervous system. Primary interests revolve around the environmental and physiological
controls over neuronal birth and death, and particularly how the day-night cycle
influences the life-long turnover of cells in the nervous system. more...
Beltz Lab
Joanne Berger-Sweeney
Joanne Berger-Sweeney is Allene Lummis Russell Professor in Neuroscience
and Associate Dean.
Areas of Research: Her research ranges from behavioral studies to neurochemical studies to anatomical studies, all aimed at understanding mechanisms involved in normal memory processes and cognitive processes and how these processes malfunction in both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. more...
Bevil
Conway
Bevil Conway, a neuroscientist and artist, is the Knafel Assistant Professor
of Natural Science. His research examines the neural basis for visual behavior,
with a particular focus on color vision, and investigates the relationship
between visual processing and visual art—what can art tell us about
how the brain works? And vice versa, can neuroscience inform our understanding
of visual art? His studio is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.more...
Simone
Helluy
Simone Helluy is a Senior Laboratory Instructor.
Areas of Interest: Most of her research efforts have stemmed from a fascination
with larval parasites that alter the behavior of their invertebrate intermediate
hosts. This interest has led her to explore various disciplines in invertebrate
neurobiology from amines and behavior, to ontogeny and phylogeny of crustacean
brains (with Barb Beltz), to the neuromodulation induced by parasitic
worms in arthropods. more...
Ellen Hildreth
Ellen Hildreth is a Professor of Computer Science. Her teaching interests include Human and Computer Vision, and Artificial Intelligence.
Areas of Research: Her research focuses on human visual processing through an integration of computational modeling and perceptual experimentation. more?
Margaret
Keane
Margaret Keane is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department.
Areas of Research: Cognition, Neuropsychology
I am interested in the
cognitive and neural mechanisms that mediate distinct forms of human
memory. I address these questions by examining patterns of spared
and impaired memory function in individuals with brain damage, and by exploring
the effects of different experimental manipulations on memory performance
in healthy research participants.
Nancy Kolodny
Nancy H. Kolodny is a Professor of Chemistry and the Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and
Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences.
Areas of Research: She is an authority on nuclear magnetic resonance and its application to problems in medicine and biology.
Additional Info: Served as Dean of the College from 1992 until 1999. more...
Margery
Lucas
Margery Lucas is a professor in both the Psychology
Department and Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Program.
Areas of Research: She is broadly interested in aspects of decision-making
that reveal preferences for fairness, cooperation, and altruism and in the
evolution of language and cognition. Her current research focus is on
gender differences
in economic decisions.
CarolAnn
Paul
Carol Ann Paul is a Senior Laboratory Instructor.
Areas of Interest: Her initial research interest was in recording
hippocampal neurons in freely moving rats, in collaboration with Howard
Eichenbaum,
to look for a correlation between cell firing and behavior. Currently
she is interested in neurogenesis and working on laboratory experiences
in crayfish
(with Barb Beltz) to expose students to this exciting phenomenon. In
1979 she published a lab manual called Discovering Neurons, the Experimental
Basis of Neuroscience more...
Marc Tetel
Marc Tetel is Assistant Professor of Biology
Areas of Research: He is interested in how the ovarian steroid hormones,
estradiol and progesterone, act in the brain to regulate gene expression and
female reproductive behavior in rodents. Through this research of hormone action,
Prof.'s Tetel's lab may better understand mechanisms involved in a variety of
hormone-dependent diseases, including breast cancer. more...
