Neuroscience Faculty and Staff
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Deborah E. Bauer
Lecturer in Neuroscience
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Molecular neuroscientist with an interest in glutamate transporters.
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Barbara S. Beltz
Allene Lummis Russell Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., Princeton University
Passions for serotonin and adult neurogenesis! Excited about the wonderful neuroscience program at Wellesley College.
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Sharon M. H. Gobes
Assistant 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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Ginny Quinan
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
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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Nancy Thompson
Laboratory Specialist for the Neuroscience Program
D.V.M., Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine
Prepares and organizes Neuroscience teaching labs for courses at all levels of the curriculum.
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Sara Wasserman
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Research utilizes fruit flies and '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 correlates of perception.
