Neuroscience Department Office

Anthony Riley Professor and Department Chair, Neuroscience CAS | Neuroscience

Dr. Riley received his undergraduate training at the Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ of North Carolina and obtained his PhD from the Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ of Washington. He did a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacology at Dalhousie…

Ìý alriley@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1720

Neuroscience Faculty

Laurie Bayet Assistant Professor CAS | Neuroscience

Dr. Bayet is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist interested in infant cognitive development and high-level vision. Her lab combines electro-encephalography (EEG), behavioral methods, and computat…

Ìý bayet@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1719

Terry Davidson Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Dr. Davidson earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Michigan State Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ and earned his PhD with a specialization in Learning and Memory at Purdue Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ before completing his post-…

Ìý terryd@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-6541

Katie Holton Provost Associate Professor CAS | Health Studies

Dr. Kathleen Holton is a nutritional neuroscientist, co-appointed in the Departments of Health Studies and Neuroscience, whose research examines the negative effects of dietary excitotoxins on neurolo…

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Ìý (202) 885-3797

Mark Laubach Professor CAS | Neuroscience

I am a neurobiologist interested in goal-directed behavior. My laboratory is focused on the roles of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia in executive control and decision making. Core methods incl…

Ìý mark.laubach@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-2116

Kokoe Fany Messanvi Assistant Professor CAS | Neuroscience

Dr. Messanvi is a neuroanatomist and behavioral neuroscientist interested in the neurochemical modulation of brain circuits involved in cognition. Her lab investigates the concerted actions of neurotr…

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Colin Saldanha Professor CAS | Neuroscience

Hormones are profound modulators of brain structure and function; with influences that span the lifetime of an organism. The muti-faceted and pluripotent neural effects of steroids require that a spec…

Ìý saldanha@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-2156