# Principal Investigators

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Arash Afraz, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Unit on Neurons, Circuits and Behavior (UNCB)**Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Veronica Alvarez, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behaviors**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Susan Amara, Ph.D., Scientific Director

*Chief***Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (LMCN)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Bruno Averbeck, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Learning and Decision Making (SLDM)**Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Christopher Baker, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Learning and Plasticity**Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (LBC)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Peter Bandettini, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Functional Imaging Methods**Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (LBC)  

*Director***Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core Facility (FMRIF)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Christopher M Bartley, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Translational Immunopsychiatry Unit (TIU)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Karen Faith Berman, M.D.

*Chief***Section on Integrative Neuroimaging**

*Chief***Section on Psychosis and Cognitive Studies**

*Chief***Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">James A. Bourne, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Cellular and Cognitive Neurodevelopment**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Melissa Brotman, Ph.D.

**Stadtman Investigator**

*Chief***Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit (NNT)**Emotion and Development Branch (E & D)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Heather Cameron, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Neuroplasticity**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Yogita Chudasama, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Behavioral Neuroscience**

*Director***Rodent Behavioral Core**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Lee E Eiden, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Molecular Neuroscience**Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Charles R Gerfen, Ph.D.

*Senior Investigator*

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Samer Hattar, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms (SLCR)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Mark H Histed, Ph.D.

*Chief***Unit on Neural Computation and Behavior (Histed lab)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Robert Innis, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on PET Neuroimaging Sciences**

*Chief***Molecular Imaging Branch (MIB)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Angela Langdon, Ph.D.

*Chief***Unit on the Neural Computations in Learning**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Soohyun Lee, Ph.D.

*Chief***Unit on Functional Neural Circuits**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">David Leopold, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging (SCNI)**Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)  

*Director***Neurophysiology Imaging Facility**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Zheng Li, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Synapse Development Plasticity**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Silvia Lopez-Guzman, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Unit on Computational Decision Neuroscience (CDN)**Emotion and Development Branch (E & D)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Alex Martin, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology**Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (LBC)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Francis McMahon, M.D.

*Chief***Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders (GBMAD)**Human Genetics Branch  

*Chief***Human Genetics Branch**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Kathleen R Merikangas, Ph.D.

**NIH Distinguished Investigator**

*Chief***Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch (GEB-SDGE)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Tobias Merson, Ph.D.

*Staff Scientist***Oligodendroglial Interactions Group**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Betsy Murray, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (SNLM)**Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)  

*Chief***Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Mario Penzo, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on the Neural Circuits of Emotion and Motivation**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Victor Pike, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Daniel Pine, M.D.

**NIH Distinguished Investigator**

*Chief***Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience (SDAN)**Emotion and Development Branch (E & D)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Dietmar Plenz, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Critical Brain Dynamics**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Armin Raznahan, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Developmental Neurogenomics**Human Genetics Branch  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Barry Richmond, M.D.

*Chief***Section on Neural Coding and Computation (SNCC)**Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)  

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Peter Schmidt, M.D.

*Chief***Behavioral Endocrinology Branch**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Jun Shen, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy**

*Director***Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Core (MRS)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Hugo Tejeda, Ph.D.

**Stadtman Investigator**

*Chief***Unit on Neuromodulation and Synaptic Integration**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Benjamin White, Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Neural Function (SNF)**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Tonya Jo Hanson White, M.D., Ph.D.

*Chief***Section on Social and Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience**

## UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">Carlos Zarate Jr, M.D.

**NIH Distinguished Investigator**

*Chief***Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch**