Neuroscience Faculty
Professor
Patricia A. Johnson Professor of Neuroscience
Email: lindgren@grinnell.edu
In my laboratory we study the chemical synapse, a specialized junction where neurons communicate with adjacent cells, such as sensory receptors, muscle cells, or other neurons. We are trying to understand how the presynaptic cell at a chemical synapse controls the release of its messenger molecule...
Associate Professor
Email: rempelcl@grinnell.edu
I use behavioral and neuroanatomical techniques to study the role of prefrontal cortex in emotion and memory. My current work focuses on understanding the contributions of distinct regions of the rat prefrontal cortex to emotional memory.
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Student Academic Life
Email: tracyand@grinnell.edu
My primary research interest is ingestive behavior - specifically, the role of learning in food choice and food motivation, with a particular focus on how these influence, and are influenced by, obesity. My lab uses a rat model to study the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying these processes...
Associate Professor
Email: weinman@grinnell.edu
Courses Taught CSC 105: The Digital Age CSC 151: Functional Problem Solving with Scheme CSC 207: Algorithms and Object-Oriented Design CSC 213: Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms CSC 261: Artificial Intelligence CSC 295: Computer Vision Primary Academic Interests Computer Vision, Machine...