Richard DiMarchi, Ph.D.
Gill Chair and Professor
Research Interests: Structure-activity relationships of macromolecules, chemical biology, bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology
Faculty profiles
Norbert Hajos, Ph.D.
Gill Chair and Professor
Research Interests: Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, information processing in cortical microcircuits at cellular and network levels.
Andrea Hohmann, Ph.D.
Gill Chair and Professor
Research interests: Functional roles of the brain’s own cannabis-like (endocannabinoid) system in the nervous system; mechanisms of pain and analgesia; mechanisms for separating analgesic efficacy and drug abuse liability; mechanisms of action of drugs of abuse; mechanisms for blocking opioid tolerance, reward, and physical dependence; disruption of protein-protein interactions downstream of NMDARs for therapeutic benefit
Cary Lai, Ph.D.
Gill Scholar and Professor
Research interests: Developmental neurobiology; receptor protein-tyrosine kinase signaling; neuregulin-ErbB signaling in the nervous system
Hui-Chen Lu, Ph.D.
Gill Director and Professor
Research interests: Understanding the development, plasticity, maintenance, and aging of neural circuitry; gaining molecular insights into how neural activity-dependent mechanisms shape neural wiring; elucidating endogenous neuroprotection mechanisms to direct the development of therapeutic interventions to slow cognitive decline or neuronal loss in neurodegenerative conditions
Ken Mackie, M.D.
Gill Chair and Professor
Research interests: Regulation of CB1 cannabinoid receptor signaling, interactions among phytocannabinoids and terpenes, novel approaches to treating opioid overdose, role of endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity, novel cannabinoid receptors
Dan Tracey, Ph.D.
Gill Chair and Professor
Research interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of nociception (pain), molecular and cellular mechanism of touch sensation, development of tools for neuroscience research, high throughput methods for behavioral analysis, molecular genetics, confocal microscopy, electrophysiology