Research in NSB

Peter Balsam (pbalsam@barnard.edu) is exploring how animals learn about time and use it to guide behavior. He also studies the neural mechanisms that underlie this capacity.

Elizabeth Bauer (ebauer@barnard.edu) is investigating the neurophysiological underpinnings of emotions and memory.

BJ Casey (bcasey@barnard.edu) is exploring neurobiological changes during the extended period of adolescence related to emotion and cognition and their implication for justice policy. 

Maria de la Paz Fernandez (mfernand@barnard.edu) researches the neural mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior and territoriality, and the relation between the circadian clock and social behaviors.

John Glendinning (jglendin@barnard.edu) is examining how input from different chemosensory systems (taste, tactile, odor and viscerosensory) modulates feeding responses of animals.

Gabrielle Gutierrez (ggutierr@barnard.edu) creates computational models to understand how the properties of individual neurons affect, for example, the retina’s ability to transmit high-fidelity visual information, or a motor circuit to produce coordinated rhythmic movement, or a neural circuit to adapt to changing inputs. 

Russell Romeo (rromeo@barnard.edu) focuses on how gonadal sex hormones and adrenal stress hormones influence the pubertal maturation of the nervous system and behavior. 

Rae Silver (qr@columbia.edu) is examining hormonal control of reproductive behavior and circadian rhythms in behavior. 

Alex White (alwhite@barnard.edu) studies visual perception and attention, with a focus on how the human brain recognizes written words.