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Jim Collins (BME : collins@bu.edu)
Application of nonlinear dynamics to experimental work in human postural control, genetic engineering, and neurophysiology.

Steve Colburn (BME : colburn@bu.edu)
Computational modeling and psychophysical studies on sound localization.

Paul Cook (Biology : pbcook@bu.edu)
Cellular electrophysiological properties of the retina, focusing on its ability to identify important spatial and temporal cues using multiple intra- and inter- cellular mechanisms.

Howard Eichenbaum (Psychology : hbe@bu.edu)
Physiology of cortical and hippocampal networks involved in memory processing, with a focus on building models of the fundamental cognitive mechanisms and coding properties of neural networks in these areas and their interactions.

Michael Hasselmo (Psychology : hasselmo@bu.edu)
Neuromodulatory regulation of dynamical states in cortical networks

Matt Wachowiak (Biology: dmattw@bu.edu)
Neural coding and processing of odor information in the olfactory system, with a focus on using optical imaging techniques to analyze how odors are represented by spatial and temporal patterns of neural activity.
 

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (CNS: shinn@cns.bu.edu)
Computational modeling and perceptual studies of spatial hearing, including how learning and plasticity influence processing of sound location cues and perception.
 

Tasso Kaper (Mathematics : tasso@bu.edu)
Application of singular perturbation to problems arising in pattern formation, fluid mechanics, systems of mechanical oscillators, and neurophysiology.

Nancy Kopell (Mathematics : nk@bu.edu)
Dynamics of the nervous system, especially rhythmic networks of neurons and their functions in cognition and motor control.

Eric Kolaczyk  (Mathematics : kolaczyk@bu.edu)
Statistical modeling of temporal, spatial, and network-indexed measurements.


Kamal Sen (BME : kamalsen@bu.edu)

David Somers (Psychology : somers@bu.edu)
Functional MRI, psychophysical, and computational modeling studies of visual perception and attention.

Chantal Stern (Psychology : chantals@bu.edu)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of cognition, with a focus on computational problems related to MR signal processing, image analysis, cortical modeling and surface reconstruction.

Gene Wayne (Mathematics: cew@math.bu.edu;
Qualitative solutions of partial differential equations arising in neurobiology

John White (BME : jwhite@bu.edu)
Computational modeling and electrophysiology of cortical cells and networks