Members and Research Interests
37 faculty profiles.

Larry Abbott, PhD
- William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience
- Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Biological Sciences)
- Co-Director, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience

Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc
- Associate Professor of Neurology
- Director of Neuromuscular Clinical Trials

Estela Area Gomez, PhD
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology

Richard Axel, MD
- University Professor
- Co-Director, Mind Brain Behavior Initiative

Andrea Califano, Dr
- Clyde '56 and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical Biology (in Systems Biology) and Professor of Biomedical Informatics and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Chair, Department of Systems Biology
- Director, JP Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center
- Co-Leader, Precision Oncology and Systems Biology Program, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

Alejandro Chavez, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology

Claudia A. Chiriboga-Klein, MD, MPH
- Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics (in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center) at CUMC

Wendy K. Chung, MD, PhD
- Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics (in Medicine)
- Precision Medicine Resource Leader, Irving Institute
- Medical Director, Columbia Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
- Associate Director for Education, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Chief, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics

Philip L. De Jager, MD, PhD
- Weil-Granat Professor of Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the aging Brain)
- Director, Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology
- Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center
- Deputy Director, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain

Joriene C. De Nooij, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology)
- CTNI Scholar

Darryl Claude De Vivo, MD
- Sidney Carter Professor of Neurology
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Founding Director, Colleen Giblin Research Laboratories for Pediatric Neurology
- Associate Chairman, Pediatric Neurosciences and Developmental Neurobiology
- Co-Director, Motor Neuron Center
- Director, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Center
- Chief Emeritus, Pediatric Neurology

Salvatore DiMauro, MD
- Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology
- Director Emeritus, H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center

Lloyd A. Greene, PhD
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology

Matthew B. Harms, MD
- Associate Professor of Neurology

Michio Hirano, MD
- Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology
- Chief, Division of Neuromuscular Disorders
- Director, H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center
- Medical Director, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics/Laboratory of Metabolic and Mitochondrial Disease

Thomas M. Jessell, PhD
- Claire Tow Professor of Motor Neuron Disorders (in Neuroscience)

Ronald K. Liem, PhD
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology

Francesco Lotti, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at CUMC

Tom Maniatis, PhD
- Isidore S. Edelman Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Director, Columbia University Precision Medicine Initiative
- Executive Committee, Zukerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
- Principal Investigator, Maniatis Lab
- Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Genome Center

James L. Manley, PhD
- Julian Clarence Levi Professor of the Life Sciences

Richard S. Mann, PhD
- Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Carol A. Mason, PhD
- Professor of Neuroscience
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
- Professor of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology)
- Chair of Interschool Planning in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
- Co-Director, Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior

George Z. Mentis, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in Neurology)

Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD
- Wesley J. Howe Professor of Neurology at CUMC
- Director, ALS/PLS (Amyotrophic/Primary Lateral Sclerosis) Center
- Director, MDA/ALS Clinic

Umrao Monani, PhD
- Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and Pathology & Cell Biology) at CUMC
- Member, Motor Neuron Center
- Member, Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative
- Affiliate Member - Zuckerman Institute

Jacqueline Montes, PT, EdD, NCS
- Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Physical Therapy) at CUMC

Livio Pellizzoni, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology

Hemali Phatnani, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology)

Serge Przedborski, MD, PhD
- Page and William Black Professor of Neurology (in Pathology and Cell Biology and Neuroscience)
- Co-Director, Motor Neuron Center
- Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology
- Director, Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative (CTNI)
- Chief, Division of Movement Disorders

Diane Re, PhD

Eric A. Schon, PhD
- Lewis P. Rowland Professor of Neurology (in Genetics and Development)

Neil A. Shneider, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor of Neurology
- Director, Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center
- Director, ALSA/ALS Clinic

Brent R. Stockwell, PhD
- Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
- Chair of the Educational Policy and Planning Committee of Arts & Sciences

Carol M. Troy, MD, PhD
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC

Richard Vallee, PhD
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
- Director, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology

Hynek Wichterle, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
- Associate Professor of Neuroscience (in Neurology)
- Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
- Co-Director, Motor Neuron Center

Chaolin Zhang, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Systems Biology (in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and in the Motor Neuron Center)