Faculty List

	Efrain C. Azmitia Professor Affiliate of Center for Neural Science Major Interests: Neuroplasticity of the brain regulated by neuronal serotonin and glial S-100 protein
	Kenneth D. Birnbaum Assistant Professor Major Interests: Developmental and evolutionary genomics of plants. The origin and genetic programming of cell types.
	Justin Blau Associate Professor Affiliate of Center for Neural Science Major Interests: Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms in Drosophila
	Richard A. Bonneau Assistant Professor Major Interests: Systems Biology and Protein Modeling
	Richard L. Borowsky Professor Major Interests: The evolution and genetics of cave fish with an emphasis on understanding the molecular and developmental bases of adaptation and the "eyeless" condition.
	Suse Broyde Professor Major Interests: Computer modelling of DNA structures modified by environmental carcinogens
	Francesca Chiaromonte Visiting Associate Professor Major Interests: Multivariate and computational statistics. Analysis and modeling of genomic data. Comparative genomics. Bioinformatic methods for the investigation of regulatory sequences genome-wide.
	Lionel Christiaen Assistant Professor Major Interests: Tissue-specific transcription control of basic processes underlying cell behavior.
	Gloria M. Coruzzi Professor Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor Major Interests: Plant Systems Biology and Evolutionary Genomics
	Claude Desplan Professor Silver Professor Major Interests: Genetic and Mechanistic approaches to development. From the early Drosophila embryo to the eye
	Patrick Eichenberger Assistant Professor Major Interests: Comparative and functional genomics of endospore-forming bacteria.
	David H. Fitch Associate Professor Major Interests: Evolution of development, molecular systematics, and developmental genetics of the male tail in nematodes related to C. elegans.
	David JJ. Gresham Assistant Professor Major Interests: Genomics of adaptive evolution, growth-rate regulation and post-transcriptional gene regulation.
	Kris Gunsalus Assistant Professor Major Interests: Developmental systems biology.
	Mary  Killilea Clinical Assistant Professor Major Interests: The use of GIS, remote sensing and modeling to explore spatial and temporal variability in ecosystems
	Nikolai Kirov Clinical Assistant Professor Major Interests: Gene function and mechanisms of gene regulation during Drosophila development.
	Edo Kussell Assistant Professor Affiliated Appointment in Physics Major Interests: Computational biology, evolution, and biological physics
	Fabio Piano Associate Professor Major Interests: Genomics, genetics and evolution of early C. elegans development.
	Michael Purugganan Professor Dorothy Schiff Professor of Genomics Major Interests: Plant Evolutionary Genomics
	Michael R. Rampino Associate Professor Major Interests: Earth and atmospheric sciences; global biogeochemical cycles; planetary science.
	Carol Shoshkes Reiss Professor Major Interests: Viral infection of the CNS; the role of innate immunity in the host response; viral oncolysis; olfaction associated behaviors; translational medicine.
	Matthew Rockman Assistant Professor Major Interests: Evolutionary and molecular causes of heritable variation in animals
	Christine A. Rushlow Associate Professor Major Interests: Molecular mechanisms underlying early development in Drosophila
	David A. Scicchitano Professor Collegiate Professor Major Interests: The interaction of mammalian RNA polymerases with damaged sites in expressed genes
	Walter Scott Professor Major Interests: Physiology of the vertebrate kidney
	Mark L. Siegal Assistant Professor Major Interests: Genomic, genetic and computational approaches to the evolution of development, with a focus on sexual differentiation in Drosophila
	Stephen J. Small Professor Director of PhD Program Major Interests: Spatial control of gene transcription during early Drosophila development
	Guenther Stotzky Professor Major Interests: Microbial ecology; environmental microbiology and virology.
	Ignatius P. Tan Clinical Assistant Professor Major Interests: Gap junctions; characterization of gap junction proteins in spermatogenesis
	Daniel Tranchina Professor Major Interests: Biology and Mathematics Information processing in the retina
	William A. Velhagen Clinical Assistant Professor Major Interests: Development and morphological evolution in vertebrates, especially snakes
	Tyler Volk Associate Professor Major Interests: The role of life in the Earth system

Affiliated Faculty

Chiye Aoki (CNS)
Cell biological mechanisms underlying plasticity and stability of neurons

Martin Blaser (NYU Medical Center)
Chair, Department of Medicine

Jasna Brujic (Physics)

Jane Carlton (NYU Medical Center)

Adam Carter (CNS)

Robert DeSalle (American Museum of Natural History)
Distinguished Professor in Residence

Susan Kirch (Steinhardt)

Eric Klann (CNS)

Alex Reyes (CNS)
Information processing in single cells and in neural networks.

Dan Sanes (CNS)
Functional development and plasticity of neural circuits

Robert Shapley (CNS)
Visual physiology and perception; cerebral cortex

Visiting Scholars

Giuseppe Macino
(U. Rome, La Sapienza)

Nikolaus Rajewsky
(Max DelBruck, Berlin)
Bioinformatics approaches to gene expression, comparative genomics, identification and characterization of genomic regulatory elements, modeling of regulatory networks.