Faculty & Staff


Biopsychology / Neuroscience


Areas:

All Areas
Clinical Psychology
Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Cognitive Psychology


Information Areas

Gordon A. Barr, Professor, Acting Chair

gbarr@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 611 N

Office Hrs.: Not teaching Fall 2007; at Hunter Tues / Wed / Fri

Phone: 212-772-5610

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychobiology:
Developmental neuropharmacology, pain perception, drug abuse, opiate analgesia, reward and withdrawal


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Christopher B. Braun, Associate Professor

cbraun@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 606 N

Office Hrs.: By appt.

Phone: 212-772-5554

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Sensory Psychology:
Sensory systems in animals, neural substrates of vibration and sound detection, sensory variation, ecology, and evolution


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Sheila Chase, MA Program Director, Professor

schase@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 608 N

Office Hrs.: Mon: 2:00 -5:00 PM; Thu: 4:00 -7:00 PM

Phone: 212-772-5617

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology

Experimental Psychology:
Animal cognition, memory and decision processes, computer models


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Tracy Dennis, Assistant Professor

tracy.dennis@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 636 N

Office Hrs.: Not teaching Fall 2006

Phone: 212-650-3878

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology

Clinical and Developmental Psychology:
Emotion regulation, developmental psychopathology, affective neuroscience, parenting and contextual influences


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Robert Fried, Professor

rfried@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 738 N

Office Hrs.: By appointment

Phone: 212-772-5567

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology

Psychophysiology:
Biofeedback behavior physiology, EEG


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James Gordon, Professor

jgordon@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 604 N

Office Hrs.: Tues: 8:00 - 9:00 AM; 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Phone: 212-772-5619, 5569

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology

Sensory Psychology:
Color vision, visual neuropsychology, vision in infants


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Cheryl Harding, Professor

harding@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 631 N

Office Hrs.: Mon: 2:00 - 4:00 PM & by appt.

Phone: 212-772-5047

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Behavioral Endocrinology:
Brain neurochemistry and learning, effects of bacterial infection and/or mold exposure on brain structure and function


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Shirzad Jenab, Associate Professor

sjenab@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 602 N

Office Hrs.: Tues: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 PM & by Appt

Phone: 212-772-5732
Fax: 212-772-4619

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Drugs of Abuse, gene expression, neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, CNS degenerative diseases


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Michael J. Lewis, Professor

mlewis@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: HN 627B

Office Hrs.: Tues. 2:00 - 4:00 PM or by appointment

Phone: 212-772-5280

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Behavioral Neuroscience: Neurobiology of motivation and substance abuse; alcohol dependence and eating disorder


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Victoria Luine, Distinguished Professor

vluine@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 629(A) N

Office Hrs.: Tue / Thu: 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Phone: 212-772-4223

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Behavioral Endocrinology:
Neurochemistry of hormone-dependent sexual behavior, hormonal influences on age-related memory loss


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Peter Moller, Professor

pmoller@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 620 N

Office Hrs.: Mon: 2:00 - 3:00 PM & by appt

Phone: 212-772-5197

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Animal Behavior:
Multisensory integration, electrolocation & electrocommunication in electric fish, behavioral physiology, behavioral endocrinology


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Vanya Quiñones-Jenab, Professor

vquinon@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 602 N

Office Hrs.: By appt.

Phone: 212-772-4640

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Drug abuse effects on maternal behaviors and CNS / endocrine mechanism, ovarian hormones and pain pathways


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Diana Reiss, Professor

diana.reiss@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: HN 607

Office Hrs.: TBA

Phone: 212-650-3432

Biopsychology / Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology

Experimental Psychology:
Comparative cognition, animal behavior and communication; Marine mammal cognition


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H. Philip Zeigler, Distinguished Professor

hzeigler@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: 626 N

Office Hrs.: Mon: 1:00 -3:00 PM

Phone: 212-772-5363

Biopsychology / Neuroscience

Neuroethology of movement. Sensory processing and motor control of active touch. Development of a mobile sensory system.


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