Faculty & Staff
Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience
MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology
Co-coordinator, Neuroscience Program
Specialties:
- Experience-based Neuroplasticity
- Neurobiology of Parental Behavior
- Neurobiological Impact of Natural-Enriched Environments
- Effective Coping Strategies and Emotional Resilience
- Comparative Animal Behavior
(804) 289-8132
Associate Professor of Biology
Assistant Chair, Department of Biology
Co-coordinator, Neuroscience Program
Specialties:
- Genetic and Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Neurogenetics
- Drosophila models
(804) 289-8231
Professor of Biology
Associate Provost for Faculty
Specialties:
- Neuroscience
- Molecular Physiology
- Mid-career Faculty Development
- Inclusive Practices
- Leadership Development
- Building Effective Partnerships to Promote Institutional Effectiveness
(804) 289-8571
Professor of Psychology
MacEldin Trawick Professor of Psychology
Specialties:
- Face and object recognition in cognitively intact and impaired individuals
- Development and loss of perceptual expertise across the lifespan
- Factors underlying the way we categorize our world
- Racial bias and other-race effects
- PURSUE: Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM Using Electrophysiology (www.pursueerp.com)
(804) 287-6830
Trawick Postdoctoral Fellow
Specialties:
- Neurobiology of emotional circuits
- Cellular and molecular neurophysiology
- Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations
- Brain slice electrophysiology
- Neuroscience & STEM Outreach & Development
(804) 287-1218
Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
- Cell Biology
- Cytoskeleton/molecular motors
- Quantitative fluorescence microscopy
804-287-6892
Dr. Isaac Skromne
He/Him
Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
- Development
- Neuroscience
(804) 289-8235
Associate Professor of Biology, Emerita
Specialties:
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Immunology
- Regulation of the inflammatory response/macrophage activity