Recruitment

If you are looking for quick & important information about how to apply, who to contact with questions, which labs are looking for students, or if you are interested in learning more about the program, you're in the right place.

Important Dates

Application deadline: December 1st (letters of recommendation are due December 8th)
Application requirements:
1. Reference letters (2+)
2. Personal statement
3. Online graduate school application (linked aboved)
Graduate school application fee
In-person recruitment event and campus visits: February 8-9th, 2024

Application review by the NSB admissions committee begins November 15th. All applications submitted will be considered equally when submitted before the December 1st deadline.

Lab & facility introduction videos (more coming soon!):

Tour of Morrill IVN Neuroscience Facility (Opened January 2020) Part 1

Tour of Morrill IVN Neuroscience Facility (Opened January 2020) Part 2

Richardson Lab

IALS Microscopy Core

Initiative on Neurosciences (IONs)

Who is looking for graduate students?

Faculty actively recruiting

Heather N. Richardson

Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

The focus of the Stress and Addiction Lab is to determine the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders using rodent models.

Paul S. Katz

Professor, Biology

Neuroethology, central pattern generators, single neuron RNA-seq, developmental neuroscience, evolution of neural circuits, molluscan systems

Jennifer N. Rauch

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular BIology

Mechanisms of protein misfolding, aggregation, and spread in neurodegenerative disease

Joonkoo Park

Associate Professor and Honors Faculty, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Cognitive, neural, and developmental mechanisms underlying the acquisition and emergence of culturally-transmitted and uniquely human abilities such as reading and mathematics.

Luke Remage–Healey

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Neural basis of behavior

Stephanie L. Padilla

Assistant Professor of Biology

Sex hormones, feeding behavior and body weight homeostasis, circadian rhythms, women’s health

Faculty tentatively recruiting

Elena Vazey

Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration

David E. Moorman

Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Cellular and network mechanisms of motivation, learning, and executive functions (e.g., decision-making). Neural function in animal models of addiction, ADHD, obesity, and depression. Neurotechnology and neural computation.

Lisa Sanders

Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Basic auditory perception, selective attention, and the role of selective attention in processing complex sounds including speech.

Sarah Pallas

Associate Professor, Biology

Brain evolution, developmental neurobiology, sensory neurophysiology, synaptic plasticity

Rebecca Spencer

Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Cognition and action, most often addressing the fine line between these two dimensions.

Gerald B. Downes

Professor, Biology

Development and function of spinal cord networks