Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland

Welcome To NACS

The Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland offers research and training opportunities in neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience and computational neuroscience with internationally-renowned faculty who interact among three campuses: in Baltimore City, at Baltimore County and at College Park. Each campus offers graduate training leading to a Ph.D. degree.

05/09/08 Kaiwen He Awarded Wylie Fellowship
Kaiwen He has been awarded a prestigious Wylie Fellowship by the Graduate School. Congratulations Kaiwen!

04/21/08 NACS Faculty Featured in University's Research Publication
The Division of Research at the University of Maryland is featuring several NACS faculty members in this month's issue of its IMPACT research publication. read more >

04/14/08 NACS Computational Neuroscience Search Candidate Talks
The NACS Program is conducting a search to hire a new faculty member in computational neuroscience. The fourth of the five candidates--Jonathan Pillow from the Royal Society and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit--will give a talk on Thursday, April 17, at noon in Room 2460 in the A. V. Williams read more >

04/11/08 Congrats to Anu Goel for passing her dissertation defense!
Anubhuthi Goel has successfully defended her dissertation and will receive her Ph.D. in May, 2008. The title of her dissertation is "Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying homeostatic synaptic plasticity." Anu is advised by Dr. Hey-Kyoung Lee.

04/10/08 Congrats to Ron Goodman for passing his dissertation defense!
Ron Goodman has successfully defended his dissertation and will receive his Ph.D. in May, 2008. The title of his dissertation is "Performance Under Pressure: Examination of Relevant Neurobiological and Genetic Influence." Ron is advised by Dr. Brad Hatfield.

04/10/08 NACS Computational Neuroscience Search Candidate Talks
The NACS Program is conducting a search to hire a new faculty member in computational neuroscience. The third of the five candidates--Daniel Butts from Cornell University--will give a talk on Thursday, April 10, at noon in Room 1208 in the Biology-Psychology Building. read more >