Faculty & Staff

Neuroscience Faculty and Staff

 


  • Deborah E. Bauer

    Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience

    B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Michigan

    Molecular neuroscientist with an interest in glutamate transporters.

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  • Sharon M. H. Gobes

    Associate Professor of Neuroscience

    B.Sc., M.Sc., Leiden University; Ph.D., Utrecht (The Netherlands)

    Investigates the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying animal behavior, using songbirds as a model system to study learning and memory.

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  • Courtney Marshall

    Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

    B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., Drexel University College of Medicine

    Investigates how pathological proteins aggregate, spread, and impair cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • Ginny Quinan

    Senior Instructor in Neuroscience Laboratory

    B.A., Regis College; M.A., Harvard University Extension School

    Instructs laboratories at the 100 and 200 levels and shares an enthusiasm for hands-on learning in neuroscience.

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  • Marc J. Tetel

    Allene Lummis Russell '46 Professor of Neuroscience

    B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

    Research areas include neuroendocrinology, estrogen and progestin action, brain and behavior.
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  • Sara Wasserman

    Kresa Family Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

    B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Brandeis University

    Research utilizes fruit flies & 'virtual-reality' flight simulators to investigate the neuronal mechanisms that permit the multi-sensory integration required to produce contextually appropriate behavior.

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  • Michael Wiest

    Associate Professor of Neuroscience

    B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University

    Mission: to determine the distributed neural substrate of perception.

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Neuroscience Advisory Committee


  • Christen Deveney

    James W. and Patricia T. Poitras DS ’91 Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology

    B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

    Research explores the behavioral and neural markers of psychiatric symptoms in both children and adults. 

     

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  • Heather Rose Mattila

    Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)

    Studies the organization of animal societies, insect communication, and the evolution of cooperation, using the honey bee as a model.

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  • Mathew Tantama

    Associate Professor of Chemistry

    B.S., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) ; Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Interested in protein engineering, optical sensors, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, teaching introductory chemistry and biochemistry.

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Faculty Emeriti


  • Barbara S. Beltz

    Allene Lummis Russell Professor Emerita of Neuroscience

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., Princeton University

    Passions for serotonin and adult neurogenesis! Excited about the wonderful Neuroscience Department at Wellesley College.

     

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