Neurosciences Faculty
Learn more about the Neuroscience Program faculty at Kent State University. All of our faculty members have extensive educational backgrounds that enable them to be great sources of industry information and insights. Feel free to contact any of our Neuroscience Program faculty listed below by clicking on the link to their email address.
| Name | Phone | Specialty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jianxin Bao | jbao@neomed.edu | 330-325-6445 | Ph.D., University of Florida. Aging, Auditory Neuroscience, Gene Therapy, Stem Cell Therapy, Presbycusis, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Tinnitus. More on Bao |
| James L. Blank | jblank@kent.edu | 330-672-2984 | Ph.D., Indiana University. Neuroendocrine regulation of gonadal function, environmental regulation of seasonal breeding cycles, behavioral endocrinology. More on Blank |
| Heather Caldwell | hcaldwel@kent.edu | 330-672-3636 | Ph.D., Georgia State University. Neuropeptide regulation of social behaviors and neuropyschiatric disorders. More on Caldwell |
| Gemma Casadesus-Smith | gcasades@kent.edu | 330-672-7894 | Ph.D., Tufts University. Neurobiology and neuroendocrinology of learning and memory in aging and Alzheimer's disease. More on Casadesus-Smith |
| Yeong-Renn Chen | ychen1@neomed.edu | 330-325-6537 | Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. More on Chen |
| Wilson Chung | wchung@kent.edu | 330-672-3641 | Ph.D., University of Amsterdam. Neuroendocrine brain, androgens, fibroblast growth factor signaling. More on Chung |
| Robert Clements | rclement@kent.edu | 330-672-2984 | Ph.D., Kent State University. More on Clements |
| Lique Coolen | jcoolen@kent.edu | 330-672-8975 | Ph.D. University of Nijmegen,Mechanisms by which spinal cord injury affects urogenital and sexual function, neurobiology of addiction and understanding neural circuits that mediate female reproductive function and dysfunction. More on Coolen |
| Christine Crish | ccrish@neomed.edu | 330-325-6598 | Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Glaucoma, neurodegeneration, and bone loss in Alzheimer's disease. More on Crish |
| Samuel Crish | scrish@neomed.edu | 330-325-6680 | Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago. Glaucoma, axonal transport, structures and functions. More on Crish |
| Derek Damron | ddamron@kent.edu | 330-672-3370 | Ph.D., Kent State University. Cardiac myocytes, signal transduction, protein kinases, contractility, anesthetic agents, calcium, cardiovascular disease. More on Damron |
| Altaf Darvesh | adarvesh@neomed.edu | 330-325-6658 | Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Development of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory strategies for neoplastic an neurodegenerative diseases, as well as psychiatric disorders. More on Darvesh |
| Vanessa Fitsanakis | vfitsanakis@neomed.edu | 330-325-6396 | Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. More on Fitsanakis |
| Sheila Fleming | sfleming1@neomed.edu | 330-325-6568 | Ph.D., Arizona State University. More on Fleming |
| Stephen B. Fountain | sfountain@kent.edu | 330-672-3826 | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Neural and psychological basis of learning, memory and cognition; neurobehavioral toxicology. More on Fountain |
| Ernest J. Freeman | efreema2@kent.edu | 330-672-2383 | Ph.D., Kent State University. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration, multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial function, glutamate, GABA and neuronal energy. More on Freeman |
| Alexander V. Galazyuk | agalaz@neomed.edu | 330-325-6640 | Ph.D., A.A. Bogomoletz Inst. Physiol. Neuroscience of hearing, critical role of timing in sound processing. More on Galazyuk |
| Rebecca German | rgerman@neomed.edu | 410-325-6299 | Ph.D. Harvard University. Neurophysiology and biomechanics. Regulation of feeding and pathophysiology of dysphagia. More on German |
| Denise Inman | dinman@neomed.edu | 330-325-6449 | Ph.D., University of Virginia. Neurodegeneration in glaucoma, gliosis, neural-glial interactions. More on Inman |
| Aaron Jasnow | ajasnow@kent.edu | 330-672-2137 | Ph.D., Georgia State University. More on Jasnow |
| John D. Johnson | jjohns72@kent.edu | 330-672-3849 | Ph.D., University of Colorado. Neural-immune interactions, brain cytokines, mood, behavior, stress and immunity. More on Johnson |
| Woo Yang Kim | wkim2@kent.edu | 330-672-7888 | Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo. Brain development, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Autism, intellectual disability, anxiety, depression, Neural stem cell, neuron migration. More on Kim |
| Michael Lehman | mlehma18@kent.edu | Ph.D. University of Michigan, Reproductive neuroendocrine system of the brain in mammals as governed by intricate neural and hormonal communication between the brain, pituitary gland and gonads. More on Lehman | |
| Yong Lu | ylu@neomed.edu | 330-325-6656 | Ph.D., Univ. Missouri-Columbia. Neurotransmitter systems, GABA, glutamate, audition. More on Lu |
| William P. Lynch | wonk@neomed.edu | 330-325-6137 | Ph.D., Cornell University. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration, CNS gene therapy, RNA tumor virus pathogenesis, microglia development. More on Lynch |
| Jennifer A. McDonough | jmcdonou@kent.edu | 330-672-2383 | Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Regenerative medicine, mitochondrial dysfunction and epigenetic mechanisms in multiple sclerosis. More on McDonough |
| Jeffrey Mellott | jmellott@neomed.edu | 330-325-6625 | PhD., University of Texas at Dallas. Age-related changes to inhibitory circuitry in the auditory pathways. More on Mellott |
| Eric M. Mintz | emintz@kent.edu | 330-672-3847 | Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. Behavioral neurobiology, circadian rhythms, feeding, and social behavior, sex differences in biological rhythms. More on Mintz |
| Devin Mueller | dmuell10@kent.edu | 330-672-2934 | Ph.D. Concordia University, Neural mechanisms of learning and memory that underlie drug use and emotional regulation. More on Mueller |
| Colleen Novak | cnovak13@kent.edu | 330-672-3613 | Ph.D., Michigan State University. Neural and endocrine mechanisms of thermogenesis in obesity, photic and nonphotic influences on the circadian clock. More on Novak |
| Moses Oyewumi | moyewumi@neomed.edu | 330-325-6669 | Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Drug delivery, nanotechnology, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases. More on Oyewumi |
| Mary Ann Raghanti | mraghant@kent.edu | 330-672-9354 | Ph.D., Kent State University. Comparative neurobiology, evolution, cognition, behavior. More on Raghanti |
| Angela Ridgel | aridgel@kent.edu | 330-672-7495 | Ph.D., Marshall University. More on Ridgel |
| Merri J. Rosen | mrosen@neomed.edu | 330-325-6516 | Ph.D., Duke University. Neural correlates of auditory perception: effects of hearing loss and experience during development. More on Rosen |
| Brett R. Schofield | bschofie@neomed.edu | 330-325-6655 | Ph.D., Duke University. Functional anatomy of auditory pathways. More on Schofield |
| Sean L. Veney | sveney@kent.edu | 330-672-3325 | Ph.D., University of Virginia. Behavioral neuroendocrinology, sexual differentiation of the brain, syrinx anatomy, neuroethology of birdsong. More on Veney |
| Kristy Welshhans | kwelshha@kent.edu | 330-672-2957 | Ph.D., Georgia State University. Neural development, axon growth and guidance, local translation, Down syndrome. More on Welshhans |
| Jeffrey J. Wenstrup | jjw@neomed.edu | 330-325-6630 | Ph.D., Indiana University. Neural mechanisms of hearing and acoustic communication, including emotional responses to sound. More on Wenstrup |
| Bradley Winters | bwinters@neomed.edu | 330-325-6114 | Ph.D., Washington State University. Cellular neurophysiology of brainstem sound localization circuits that process timing and intensity differences between the two ears. More on Winters |