Faculty & Staff

headshot of Dr. Kelly  Lambert
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
Contact:
(804) 289-8132
headshot of Dr. John  Warrick
Associate Professor of Biology
Assistant Chair, Department of Biology
Co-coordinator, Neuroscience Program

Specialties:
  • Genetic and Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurogenetics
  • Drosophila models
Contact:
(804) 289-8231
headshot of Dr. Linda M. Boland
Professor of Biology

Specialties:
  • Neuroscience
  • Molecular Physiology
  • Integrative Biology
  • Leadership Development
  • Mid-Career Faculty Development
  • Building Effective Partnerships to Promote Institutional Effectiveness
Contact:
(804) 289-8571
headshot of Dr. Cindy  Bukach
Professor of Psychology
MacEldin Trawick Professor of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Cognitive Science

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)
Contact:
(804) 287-6830
headshot of Dr. Kitty  Hartvigsen
Trawick Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Specialties:
  • Neurobiology of emotional circuits
  • Cellular and molecular neurophysiology
  • Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations
  • Brain slice electrophysiology
  • Neuroscience & STEM Outreach & Development
Contact:
(804) 287-1218
headshot of Dr. Omar  Quintero-Carmona
Associate Professor of Biology

Specialties:
  • Cell Biology
  • Cytoskeleton/molecular motors
  • Quantitative fluorescence microscopy
Contact:
804-287-6892
headshot of Dr. Isaac  Skromne
Associate Professor of Biology

Specialties:
  • Development
  • Neuroscience
Contact:
(804) 289-8235

Emeriti Faculty

headshot of Dr. Krista  Stenger
Associate Professor of Biology, Emerita

Specialties:
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Regulation of the inflammatory response/macrophage activity
Contact: