Area Heads: Brenda Anderson, Hoi-Chung Leung
Overview of the Biopsychology Program
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Emeritus Faculty
Jasper Brener (Biopsychology)
Associated Faculty
Anat Biegon, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1980)
Senior Scientist, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Brain response to traumatic, ischemic or inflammatory insults
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/Personnel/Biegon/default.htm
Rita Goldstein, Ph.D., University of Miami (1999)
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Neuroimaging, Substance abuse, Neuropsychology.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/Personnel/Goldstein/default.htm
Mary Kritzer, Ph.D., Yale University ( )
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior (Biopsychology)
Gonadal Hormone Influence over Function and Dysfunction in the Cerebral Cortex
Website: http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som/neurobiology/kritzer.cfm
Lauren Krupp, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1981)
Associate Professor, Neurology (Biospsychology)
Neuropsychological and neurobehavioral characteristics of chronic mental illness; interrelationship between memory performance and mood disturbance in chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.
Website: http://inf-hscweb.hsc.sunysb.edu/som/neurology/krupp.cfm
Marta Maczaj, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Director of the Stony Brook Sleep Disorders Center
Lawrence P. Morin, Ph.D., Rutgers University - Institute of Animal Behavior (1974)
Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Biological rhythms; environment and reproduction; endocrine system and behavior.
Website: http://inf-hscweb.hsc.sunysb.edu/som/psychiatry/morin_l.cfm
Peter Thanos, Ph.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School (1997)
Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Brookhaven National Lab (Biopsychology)
Addiction, including: alcohol, drug abuse and obesity.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/thanoslab/
Overview of the Biopsychology Program
Biological Psychology at Stony Brook University is on Facebook
Anderson, Brenda J. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1993. Associate Professor and Area Head, Biopsychology
Biological basis for the effects of exercise and stress on mental health and cognition.
Canli, Turhan. Ph.D. Yale University, 1993. Associate Professor, Biopsychology
Neural and genetic basis of personality and emotion.
Leung, Hoi-Chung. Ph.D. Northwestern, 1997. Associate Professor,
Biopsychology
Neural basis of cognitive processes, with particular emphasis on the prefrontal cortex and on working memory.
Robinson, John. Ph.D. Univ. New Hampshire, 1991. Professor, Biopsychology
The role of neurotransmitters in attention and memory.
Squires, Nancy. Ph.D. UCSD, 1972. Professor, Biopsychology
Brain basis of sensory and cognitive processes, including face recognition and language
processing.
Whitaker-Azmitia, Patricia. Ph.D. Univ. Toronto, 1979. Professor, Biopsychology
Neuropharmacology, with emphasis on the role of serotonin in brain development.
Jasper Brener (Biopsychology)
Anat Biegon, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1980)
Senior Scientist, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Brain response to traumatic, ischemic or inflammatory insults
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/Personnel/Biegon/default.htm
Rita Goldstein, Ph.D., University of Miami (1999)
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Neuroimaging, Substance abuse, Neuropsychology.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/Personnel/Goldstein/default.htm
Mary Kritzer, Ph.D., Yale University ( )
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior (Biopsychology)
Gonadal Hormone Influence over Function and Dysfunction in the Cerebral Cortex
Website: http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som/neurobiology/kritzer.cfm
Lauren Krupp, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1981)
Associate Professor, Neurology (Biospsychology)
Neuropsychological and neurobehavioral characteristics of chronic mental illness; interrelationship between memory performance and mood disturbance in chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.
Website: http://inf-hscweb.hsc.sunysb.edu/som/neurology/krupp.cfm
Marta Maczaj, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Director of the Stony Brook Sleep Disorders Center
Lawrence P. Morin, Ph.D., Rutgers University - Institute of Animal Behavior (1974)
Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Biological rhythms; environment and reproduction; endocrine system and behavior.
Website: http://inf-hscweb.hsc.sunysb.edu/som/psychiatry/morin_l.cfm
Peter Thanos, Ph.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School (1997)
Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Brookhaven National Lab (Biopsychology)
Addiction, including: alcohol, drug abuse and obesity.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/thanoslab/
