Department of Neuroscience
Note: (*) indicates faculty who are actively supervising NSC graduate students and/or accepting applications
Prof. Turgay Dalkara *
Jointly Appointed from the Molecular Biology and Genetics department
Cellular and molecular bases of various neurological disorders; cerebrovascular system disorders, migraine and headache, stroke, neurodegeneration
Asst. Prof. Ronny Rosner *
The Rosner lab will soon investigate the foundations of visual cognition by studying insect brains with single-cell and network-level electrophysiology and fluorescence microscopy, revealing how compact brains extract structure and meaning from visual input. Keywords: visual processing, stereoscopic vision, active sensing, decision making, attention
Department of Psychology
Prof. Michelle Adams *
Asst. Prof. Robert Ian Bowers
Prof. Hüseyin Boyacı *
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Visual perception (motion, color, orientation, etc.); neuroimaging; psychophysics; mathematical neuroscience
Asst. Prof. Ausaf Ahmed Farooqui *
My research focuses on the aspects of our brain and mind that allow us to forgo our habits, learn new things, have goals and achieve them, while having an insight into what and why we are doing. One line of my work is on understanding frontal and parietal cortices. These are brain regions that activate or deactivate whenever we do anything, and whose damage leads to a decrease in fluid intelligence as well as in the ability to learn new tasks and goals. A second line of my work is on the cognitive underpinnings that allow us to be conscious and be able to control and organize our thoughts and behaviors. I use neuroimaging methods along with those of cognitive and neuropsychology.
Asst. Prof. Zahide Pamir *
Our lab invesitages the underlying mechanisms of neuroplastic changes in the visual brain, both in typical and abnormal development resulting from alterations in sensory input (such as sensory deprivation) or brain injuries.
Prof. Timothea Toulopoulou *
The work of Prof. Toulopoulou’s lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on understanding the cognitive, neurobiological, and genetic mechanisms that influence an individual’s susceptibility to develop mental disease or build resilience. It is hoped that with a better understanding of the brain mechanisms that increase vulnerability, prevention may be possible. For example, insights on how cumulative genetic risk, in tandem with environmental risk, is physically imbedded in the developing brain can lead to new treatments and can offer us the opportunity of making new and meaningful interventions by removing or compensating for the genetic and environmental effect.
Prof. Toulopoulou is pleased to consider applications from talented prospective PhD students and postdocs.
Asst. Prof. Burcu Ayşen Ürgen *
Associate Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Dr. Ürgen’s primary research area is human perception with a focus on biological motion and action perception. In addition to behavioral methods, she uses a wide range of invasive and non-invasive neuroimaging techniques including fMRI, EEG, and intracranial recordings to study the neural basis of perception. Her research commonly utilizes state-of-the-art computational techniques including machine learning, computer vision, and effective connectivity. Besides her basic cognitive neuroscience research, Dr. Ürgen also pursues an interdisciplinary research between social robotics and cognitive neuroscience to investigate the human factors that lead to successful interaction with artificial agents such as robots.
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Assoc. Prof. Özlen Konu *
Comparative transcriptomics of zebrafish and human models of brain and liver cancers, and drug-induced and metabolic dysfunction associated liver diseases. High throughput behavioral assessment of zebrafish mutants in association with human diseases.
Prof. Tayfun Özçelik
Asst. Prof. Fulya Türker
We study the role of protein degradation in the mammalian nervous system, both in normal conditions and during neurodegenerative disease states.
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Prof. Ergin Atalar
Prof. Tolga Çukur
Assoc. Prof. Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş
Department of Economics
Assoc. Prof. Emin Karagözoğlu
Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Prof. Yasemin Eren Afacan *
Cognitive Behaviors and Architectural Design, Neuroarchitecture, Human-Robot Interaction in Built Environments, Age-Inclusive and Brain-Responsive Design
National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM)
Assoc. Prof. Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker
Asst. Prof. Seymur Cahangirov
Adjunct Faculty
Prof. Hulusi Kafalıgönül
Adjunct Prof., Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Center Of Excellence (NÖROM), Faculty of Medicine-Gazi University
Our research group aims to shed light on the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual and cognitive dynamics with a particular emphasis on vision.
Research Topics include: i) Dynamics of Sensory and Perceptual Processing, ii) Multisensory Processing and Crossmodal Interactions, iii) The Involvement of Attention and Learning in Perception, iv) Age-related Alterations in Perception and Cognition
Assoc. Prof. Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen
Adjunct Associated Prof., Faculty of Medicine-Mersin University