Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D.
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
carol@nsma.arizona.edu
(520) 626-2616
In addition to being Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and Director of the Division of Neural Systems, Dr. Carol Barnes is a Regents’ Professor in the Departments of Psychology, Neurology and Neuroscience, and the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, Memory & Aging at UA. Her extensive work provides a basis for understanding the basic mechanisms of normal aging in the brain and sets a background against which it is possible to assess the effects of pathological changes such as Alzheimer's disease.
Full Directory
Affiliate Faculty
Geoffrey L. Ahern, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry
Gene E. Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry; Neuroscience; Director, Brain Imaging, Behavior & Aging Lab
Jessica Andrews-Hanna, Ph.D.
Director, NET LaboratoryAssistant Professor, Psychology Assistant Professor, Evelyn F Mcknight Brain Institute
Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D.
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Heather Bimonte-Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology, ASU
Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Neurology
Ying-hui Chou, Sc.D.
Assistant Professor, Cognition and Neural Systems
Paul D. Coleman, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Katalin M. Gothard, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Neurology
Matthew D. Grilli, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Matthew J. Huentelman, Ph.D.
Head, Neurobehavioral Research Unit, Tgen
Lalitha Madhavan, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Ph.D.
Department Head, Immunobiology
Mary-Frances O'Connor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Naomi E. Rance, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Head, Pathology
Steven Z. Rapcsak, M.D.
Professor, Neurology, Psychology, and Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Eric M. Reiman, M.D.
Executive Director, Banner Alzheimer's Institute and Director, Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium
Robert C. Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cognition/Neural Systems
Administrative Staff
Lab - Present Members
Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D.
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Daniel T. Gray
Graduate Student, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Adam W. Lester
Graduate Student, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Lab - Former Trainees
Tariq Abdulaziz, Ph.D.
President
Sara N. Burke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Cindy A. Erickson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
Lan Hoang, M.Sc.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Donna L. Korol, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
Michael Krause, Ph.D.
Research Physicist
Brian W. Leonard, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
James P. Lister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Etan J. Markus, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Science
Sheri J. Y. Mizumori, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Marsha R. Penner, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Psychology Department
A. David Redish, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Ephron Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
Susanna Rosi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Neurological Surgery
Maria Luisa Ruiz Luna, M.Sc.
Science Instructor
Vicki L. Sutherland, Ph.D.
Toxicologist
Almira Vazdarjanova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Scientific Advisory Committee
Geoffrey L. Ahern, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry
Gene E. Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry; Neuroscience; Director, Brain Imaging, Behavior & Aging Lab
Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D.
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Neurology
Naomi E. Rance, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Head, Pathology
Strategic Advisory Committee
Eric M. Reiman, M.D.
Executive Director, Banner Alzheimer's Institute and Director, Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium
