Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Neuroscience associated faculty welcome undergraduate students interested in research to work hands on in their laboratories.
Students interested in both volunteering and those interested in taking independent research credits are welcome.
Participating Faculty:
A. Courtney DeVries-Nelson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Medicine
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Vice President for Faculty Mentoring, Research & Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-5843
Randy Nelson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor & Chair, Department of Neuroscience
- Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research; Director, Basic Science Research, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-1723
Paul Lockman,
PhD, BSN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Vice President of Experimental Therapeutics, Research & Graduate Education
- Professor, Benedum Fellow and the Mylan Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Senior Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-0944
Joshua Hagen,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Director, Human Performance Innovation Center, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Richard Vaglienti,
MD, MBA
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Pain Management, Clinical Faculty, Anesthesiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6216
Candice M. Brown,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0589
Mariya Cherkasova,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-4223
Andrew M. Dacks,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-3205
Omid Dehzangi,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Victor Finomore,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-5378
Scott Galster,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Director of Human Performance, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Valeriya Gritsenko,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-7719
James W. Lewis,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1517
Xuefang "Sophie" Ren,
MD/PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Research Assistant Professor; Director, Experimental Stroke Core, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-581-1892
David Scarisbrick,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Eric Tucker
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0590
Cole Vonder Haar,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant professor, behavioral neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1787