Faculty with Interests Related to Neuroscience or Psychobiology

Timothy E. Elgren (Assistant Professor of Chemistry). Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1989. Role of copper in neurotransmitter oxidation.

David A. Gapp (Professor of Biology). Ph.D., Boston University, 1977. Evolution of regulatory peptides, including neuropeptides in nonmammalian vertebrates.

George A. Gescheider (Professor of Psychology). Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1964. Tactile psychophysics; human startle responses to auditory stimulation; sensory changes as a function of stage of menstrual cycle; psychophysical scaling.

Herman K. Lehman (Assistant Professor of Biology). Ph.D., Florida State University, 1984. Neurobiology, developmental regulation of neurotransmitter systems and neuropeptide structure and function.

Jonathan Vaughan (Professor of Psychology). Ph.D., Brown University, 1970. Cognitive psychophysiology; eye movements and attention; brain evoked responses and cognition; programming of motor movements.

Douglas A. Weldon (Professor of Psychology). Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979. Neural mechanisms of attention; single-unit recording from behaving animals; the role of the superior colliculus in behavior; neurochemical mechanisms of memory in neonates.

Ernest H. Williams (Professor of Biology). Ph.D., Princeton University, 1976. Behavioral ecology of butterflies. Effects of plant secondary chemistry on feeding behavior.


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