Faculty & Staff

Advising Faculty

Neuroscience advising faculty provide academic guidance for students pursuing a neuroscience major or minor. The Neuroscience Advisor assists students in designing, planning, and completing their programs of study. The Psychology Department Liaison and Biology Department Liaison are also available for initial consultations with psychology and biology majors, respectively. Contact one of the neuroscience advising faculty if you are interested in discussing the neuroscience program. Please see the neuroscience advising faculty statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Alo C. Basu

Associate Professor, Psychology
Neuroscience Program Advisor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Neurobiology of learning and memory, stress-related neuroplasticity, genetic and environmental risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders
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Office: Beaven 403A Phone: (508) 793-3750

Daniel Bitran

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Professor, Psychology
Science Coordinator
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýBehavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, and biological psychiatry; role of science and medicine in the Holocaust.
Email:Ìýdbitran@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýBeaven 426Ìý Phone:Ìý(508) 793-3329
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Alexis S. Hill

Assistant Professor, Biology
Neuroscience Program Director
Ph.D., Columbia University
Fields: Neurobiology, Neurogenetics and Behavior
Email:ahill@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Swords 233ÌýPhone: (508) 793-3543
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André Isaacs

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Fields: Organic, Synthetic Methods
Email:akisaacs@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Haberlin 325 Phone: (508) 793-3378
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Patricia E. Kramer

Charles A. Dana Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Emerita, Psychology
Class Dean for Class of 2022
Ph.D., Columbia University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýFace perception, social neuroscience, sensation and perception
Email:Ìýpkramer@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýFenwick 204ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-2532

Michelle Mondoux

Associate Professor, Biology
Ph.D., Princeton University
Fields:ÌýEffects of diet on behavior, role of neuronal genes in insulin signaling
Email:Ìýmmondoux@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýO'Neil 337ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-3360

Ryan E. B. Mruczek

Associate Professor, Psychology
Neuroscience Program Liaison for Psychology
Ph.D., Brown University
Fields:ÌýPrimate vision, object and tool representations, experience-dependent plasticity, visual illusions, systems neuroscience methods
Email:Ìýrmruczek@holycross.edu
Office:ÌýBeaven 403BÌýÌý Phone:Ìý(508)793-2328
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Tomohiko Narita

Associate Professor, Physics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Fields: Experimental astrophysics — observations of low-mass X-ray binaries; development of X-ray satellite instrumentation
Email:tnarita@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Haberlin 109 Phone: (508) 793-2503
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Constance Royden

Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Class Dean for Class of 2024
Ph.D., University of California at San Francisco, 1988
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýComputational and psychophysical studies of visual processing in the primate brain
Email:Ìýcroyden@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýHaberlin 308ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-2472

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Affiliated Faculty

Neuroscience affiliated faculty are faculty who have ongoing teaching and/or research interests related to neuroscience.

Lawrence Cahoone

Professor, Philosophy
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Fields:ÌýPhilosophy of mind, metaphysics and natural science
Email:Ìýlcahoone@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýSmith 517ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793 2460
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Gregory J. DiGirolamo

Associate Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Fields:ÌýÌýCognitive neuroscience, cognitive control and its disturbance, visual attention
Email:Ìýgdigirol@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýBeaven 402 Phone:Ìý(508) 793-3595

Devin Gouvêa

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Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Email:dgouvea@holycross.edu

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Geoff D. Findlay

Associate Professor, Biology
Ph.D., University of Washington
Fields:ÌýReproductive biology in fruit flies, including neuronal mediation of behavioral and physiological changes
Email:Ìýgfindlay@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýO'Neil 107ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-2655

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Adam Lammert

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Univ. of Southern California, M.S., North Carolina State Univ., A.B., Vassar College
Fields: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Natural Language Processing, Biomedical Technologies
Email: alammert@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Swords 331 Phone: (508) 793-3374

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Robert Paul Malchow

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Visiting Professor
Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook
Fields: Neuroscience & Sensory Physiology
Email: rmalchow@holycross.edu
Office: Swords 234 Phone: (508) 793-3069

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Ruth McLeod

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of ConnecticutÌý
Fields of interest: Behavioral Neuroscience, perinatal neurodevelopment, early brain injury, premature infant brain injury, treatment and outcomes.
Email: rmcleod@holycross.edu
Office: ÌýBeaven Hall, 335-F Phone: (508) 793-2201

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Sarah Petty

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Class Dean for Class of 2025
Ph.D., University of Liverpool
Fields:ÌýProtein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases
Email:Ìýspetty@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýHaberlin 237ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-3428
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Muhammad Ali Qadri

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Tufts University
Fields:Animal cognition, comparative psychology, animal behavior, visual perception, action recognition, decision making
Email:Ìýmqadri@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Beaven 410 Phone:Ìý(508) 793-3760
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Richard Schmidt

Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Fields: Cognitive Science, interpersonal coordination, interlimb coordination, dynamical theories of behavior, ecological psychology
Email:Ìýrschmidt@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Beaven 330 Phone:Ìý(508) 793-2244
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Edward J. Soares

Associate Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1994
Fields:ÌýMultivariate statistical methods, brain image analysis, evaluation of pre-clinical drug studies
Email:Ìýesoares@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýHaberlinÌý306ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-3368

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William E. Stempsey S.J.

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Professor, Philosophy
M.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, Ph.D., Georgetown University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:Ìýphilosophy of medicine, medical ethics, moral philosophy
Email:wstempse@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýSmith 521ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793 2469

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Shannon Stock

Associate Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2011
Fields:ÌýMultivariate and longitudinal statistical methods, modeling of clinical outcomes in schizophrenia
Email:Ìýsstock@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýHaberlin 311ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-3312

Karsten R. Stueber

Professor, Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Tübingen
Fields:ÌýPhilosophy of mindÌý
Email:Ìýkstueber@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýSmith 524ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793 3395

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Staff

Laura Cortés

Academic Administrative Assistant
Email:Ìýlcortes@holycross.edu
Office:ÌýBeaven 327ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793 3578