Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

 

Shlomit Beker

Molholm Lab
Van Etten 1C-3
Tel: 718.862.1824
Fax: 718.862.1807
shlomit.beker@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: I'm interested in the ability of individuals with ASD to make temporal predictions upon their environment, and to be adaptive to novel stimuli and patterns. This is achieved through EEG measurements of the temporal dynamics critical in normal functioning, as well as through pupillometry and psychophysics.

 

Oriol Busquets-Figueras

Soldner Lab
Kennedy Center 230
Tel: 917.331.9756
Fax: 718.430.2386
oriol.busquetsfigueras@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Genetic risk variants in Parkinson's disease. Stem cells. Genome editing.

 

Coralie Berthoux

Castillo Lab
Kennedy Center 703
Tel: 718.430.3262
Fax: 718.430.8821
coralie.berthoux@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and plasticity under physiological and brain disease conditions, such as autism, schizophrenia and drug abuse.

 

Antonio Cibelli

Spray Lab
Kennedy Center 840
Tel: 718.430.
Fax: 718.430.8821
antonio.cibelli@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research:  

 

Claudia De Sanctis

Francesconi Lab
Kennedy Center 706
Tel: 718.430.3780
Fax: 718.430.8821
claudia.desanctis@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Functions of metabotropic glutamatergic signaling in neuronal plasticity and homeostasis; impact of mGluR-interacting proteins and lipids on synaptic functions in animal models of Fragile X syndrome, autism and schizophrenia.

 

Amirhossein Farzmahdi

Coen-Cagli Lab
Price Center 353D
Tel: 718.678.1257
Fax: 718.430.8821
amirhossein.farzmahdi@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Vision, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning.

 

Dylan Festa

Coen-Cagli Lab
Price Center 353D
Tel:
Fax:
dylan.festa@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Computational and system neuroscience.

 

Elisa Frankel

Kurshan Lab
Kennedy Center 810
Tel: 718.430.3646
Fax: 718.430.8821
elisa.frankel@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Investigating the molecular mechanisms that promote synaptogenesis throughout neuronal development.

 

Anna I. Jasper

Kohn Lab
Kennedy 822
Tel: 718.430.2418
Fax: 718.430.8821
anna.jasper@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: I am investigating in inter-areal communication, population dynamics and coding in the visual system using computational and neurophysiological methods.

 

Jake Jordan

Goncalves Lab
Kennedy 203
Tel: 718.430.8725
Fax: 718.430.2865
jake.jordan@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Neurobiology of memory and spatial navigation, hippocampus, behavior, hemispheric lateralization

 

Marcin Kazmierczak

Nicola Lab
Ullmann 103
Tel: 718.430.4844
Fax: 718.430.2865
marcin.kazmierczak@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: In my research, I utilize rat behavioral models to study the involvement of dopamine in seeking of natural rewards, such as sucrose, and drugs of abuse, such as cocaine. I am also interested in the impact of arousal on reward seeking in animals with compromised dopaminergic function.

 

Leila Khatami

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 501
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
leila.khatami@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Investigating about how interactions between deep cerebellar nuclei and substantia nigra reticulata as the output structure of the basal ganglia are involved in motor or non-motor behaviors.

 

Claire Launay

Coen-Cagli Lab
Price Center 353D
Tel: 718.678.1257
Fax: 718.430.8821
claire.launay@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Computational Neurosciences, image processing, machine learning, stochastic geometry.

 

Kaoutsar Nasrallah

Castillo Lab
Kennedy Center 701
Tel:
Fax: 718.430.8821
kaoutsar.nasrallah@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research:  

 

Maritza Onate

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 501
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
maritza.onate@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Cerebellar function and physiology, Non-motor functions of cerebellum, Neuroanatomy of cerebellar circuits, Social behavior and addiction.

 

Ehsan Sabri

Batista-Brito Lab
Kennedy Center 203
Tel: 718.430.8287
Fax: 718.430.8821
mohammad.sabri@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Neural circuitry that underlies the sensory processing in the cortex.

 

Heather Snell

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 506
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
heather.snell@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Investigating the intrinsic activity of cerebellar Purkinje cells, and elucidating their importance in cerebellar disorders such as ataxias and dystonias.

 

Ludovic Spaeth

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 501
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
ludovic.spaeth@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: motor functions of the cerebellum, neuromodulation of the cerebellum, information processing in the cerebellar cortex in normal and pathological conditions.

 

Luisa Speranza

Francesconi Lab
Kennedy Center 706
Tel: 718.430.3780
Fax: 718.430.8821
luisa.speranza@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Functions of metabotropic glutamatergic signaling in neuronal plasticity and homeostasis.

 

Jorge Vera

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 501
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
jorge.verabuschmann@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Non-motor role of cerebellum, reward system, decision making, learning and memory, intrinsic and synaptic neuronal excitability.

 

Junichi Yoshida

Khodakhah Lab
Kennedy Center 501
Tel: 718.430.3795
Fax: 718.430.8821
junichi.yoshida@einsteinmed.edu 

Areas of research: Systems neuroscience of the cerebellar-midbrain signal integration during Pavlovian/Operant conditioning.