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Neuroscience Center

Faculty

Mark D. Allen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Director of Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory

  • Research Focus: Neuropysiology of Speech and Language, Brain and Cognition
  • Email: m_allen@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.6481
  • Office: 1022 SWKT

Erin D. Bigler, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Email: erin_bigler@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.4289
  • Office: 1190D SWKT

George J. Bloch, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Stress & Health, Neuroendocrine Systems
  • Email: george_bloch@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.2532
  • Office: 1052 SWKT

Michael D. Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology Department

  • Research Focus: Neural Development and Regeneration
  • Email: michael_brown@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.5859
  • Office: 793 WIDB

David D. Busath, M.D.

Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology Department

  • Research Focus: Neuronal and Other Channel Structures and Functions, Toxin Uptake, Anesthesia
  • Email: david_busath@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.8753
  • Office: 549B WIDB

Jeffrey Edwards, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology Department

  • Research Focus:Learning and Memory, Neurophysiology, Synaptic Plasticity, Pharmacology
  • Email: jeffrey_edwards@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.8080
  • Office: 574 WIDB

Donovan E. Fleming, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Electrophysiology, Visual Processing, Steroids, Neurodevelopmental Stress
  • Email: don_fleming@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.2406
  • Office: 1268 SWKT

Ross Flom, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Infant Learning, Sensory Perception, Impaired Sensory Processing
  • Email: flom@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.1147
  • Office: 1044 SWKT

Dawson Hedges, M.D.

Associate Professor, Psychology
Director of Neuroscience Center

  • Research Focus: Neuroimaging, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychopharmacology, Psychopathology
  • Email: dawson_hedges@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.6357
  • Office: 1054 SWKT

J. Dee Higley, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Primate Behavior, Development, Development Psychopathology, Focus on Alcoholism and the Effects of Parents and Genes on Development and Adolescent Outcomes
  • Email: dee_higley@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.7139
  • Office: 1042 SWKT

Ramona O. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Memory, Neuroimaging, Neurocognitive Outcomes in Medical Disorders
  • Email: mona_hopkins@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.1170
  • Office: 1082 SWKT

Allan M. Judd, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology

  • Research Focus: Interaction Immune and Endocrine Systems, Interleukin-6 Regulation of Steroidogenesis
  • Email: allan_judd@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.3179
  • Office: 585 WIDB

Michael J. Larson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Mechanisms of Cognitive Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Email: michael_larson@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.6125
  • Office: 244 TLRB 

Edwin D. Lephart, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology

  • Research Focus: Neuroendocrine Function, Neurosteriods & Phytoestrogens
  • Email: edwin_lephart@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.8970
  • Office: 785 WIDB

David McPherson, Ph.D.

Professor, Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

  • Research Focus: Event Related Potentials in Language, Cognitive, and Auditory Processing, Neurophysiology, Sensory Development
  • Email: david_mcpherson@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.6458
  • Office: 129 TLRB

Chris L. Porter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, School of Family Life

  • Research Focus: Socialization of Behavioral and Psychophysiological of Children's Individual Chracteristics
  • Email: chris_porter@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.5806
  • Office: 2093 JFSB

James P. Porter, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Associate Dean, Dean's Office Life Sciences

  • Research Focus: Hormones, Neural Regulation of Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Control
  • Email: james_porter@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.9160
  • Office: 302C WIDB

Mikle D. South, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disabilities on Families
  • Email: mikle_south@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.4058
  • Office: 245 TLRB

Michael R. Stark, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology

  • Research Focus: Neurodevelopment, Neuronal Cell Determination, Neuronal Signaling
  • Email: michael_stark@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.9498
  • Office: 555 WIDB

Scott C. Steffensen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Psychology

  • Research Focus: Neurobiology of Addiction, Learning/memory, Neurodegeneration, Electrophysiology, Motivation
  • Email: scott_steffensen@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.9499
  • Office: 1050 SWKT

Sterling Sudweeks, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology

  • Research Focus: Ion Channels, Gene Expression, Synaptic Transmission
  • Email: sterling_sudweeks@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.8752
  • Office: 595 WIDB

Dixon Woodbury

Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology

  • Research Focus: Synaptic Transmission, Membranes Biophysics, SNARE proteins
  • Email: dixon_woodbury@byu.edu
  • Phone: 801.422.7562
  • Office: 549A WIDB