Richard J. Bridges, Ph.D. (Cornell University Medical College, 1984)
Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
The biochemistry of excitatory amino acids transporters and receptors and their role in neurodegenerative mechanisms.

Roger Bradley, Ph.D. (Cornell University Medical College, 1993)
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University
The role of cell surface adhesion proteins, such as cadherins, in the development of the central nervous system.

Deborah Cabin, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1996)
Research Scientist, McLaughlin Research Institute
Mechanisms of a-synuclein (SNCA) toxicity in Parkinson’s disease.

Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, M.D., (National University of Mexico, 1973), Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, N.C. 1997)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Cardiovascular pathology and chronic effects of exposure to air pollutants in clinically healthy children.

Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez, Ph.D. (University of South Florida, 1996)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
The effects of environmental neurotoxin exposure on levels of DNA damage and the DNA repair capacity in the central nervous system.

Sean Esslinger, Ph.D. (Colorado Sate University, 1992)
Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, The University of Montana
Structure-function relationships governing the pharmacology and mechanisms of amino acid transporters in the central nervous system.

Katie George, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, 1994)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Cellular mechanisms of neurotoxicity caused by organophosphate (OP) pesticides.


John Gerdes, Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside, 1982)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Medicinal chemistry and functional brain imaging of the serotonin system.

Mark Grimes, Ph.D. (University of Oregon, 1986)
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana
Neurotrophin receptor signalling from endosomes, lipid rafts, and downstream signalling complexes that assemble on microtubules.

Jesse Hay, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1994)
CSFN Associate Director
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular membrane fusion, the secretory pathway and neuronal cell biology.

Darrell Jackson, Ph.D. (Washington State University, 1990)
Associate Professor & Neuroscience Graduate Program Director, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Dysfunctions in G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling.

Leonid Kalachev, Ph.D. (Moscow State University, 1987)
Professor, Mathematical Sciences Department, The University of Montana
Applied Mathematics, Asymptotic Methods

Michael Kavanaugh, Ph.D. (Oregon Health Sciences University, 1987)
CSFN Director
Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Structural and functional properties of glutamate transporters.

Frances Lefcort, Ph.D. (Univ. California Berkeley, 1988)
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotrophins and their receptors in the developing nervous system.

Diana Lurie, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, 1989)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
The role of protein phosphatases in the cellular and molecular responses of glial cells in CNS injury.

John A. Mercer, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego, 1986)
Scientist, McLaughlin Research Institute, Great Falls, MT
Chemical-genetic inhibition of unconventional myosins, organelle transport.

Nick Natale, Ph.D. (Drexel University, 1979)
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, The University of Montana
Isoxazole Ionotropic Glutamate Neurotransmitters

Keith Parker, Ph.D. (University of California San Francisco, 1977)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology of G-protein coupled monoamine receptors.

Dave Poulsen, Ph.D. (University of Delaware, 1995)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana and The Montana Neuroscience Institute,
St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
Techniques and applications of CNS gene therapy.

Sandy Ross, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1976)
Professor and Director of the Core Spectroscopy Facility for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, The University of Montana
Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to study how the shape and conformational states of biological molecules are linked to their function.

Emily Stone, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences Department, The University of Montana
Applied Math and Dynamical Systems

Charles Thompson, Ph.D. (University of California Riverside, 1982)
Professor, Departments of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, The University of Montana
Chemical mechanisms of acetylcholinesterase and the pharmacology of synaptic vesicle neurotransmitter transporters.

Erica Woodahl, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 2004)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Montana
The role of drug transporters and pharmacogenomics in the disposition of xenobiotics in the body.