Faculty
Regular Faculty
![Headshot of Carmel Levitan](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/levitan_carmel_400x408.jpg?h=a18299f3)
Carmel Levitan, Chair
Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Carmel Levitan studies multisensory interactions, researching how the different senses integrate information.
Advisory Committee
![Professor Renee Baran](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/baran-renee_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Renee Baran
Professor, Biology
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Renee Baran teaches genetic analysis, developmental biology, and introduction to cell and molecular biochemistry.
![Professor Patricia Cabral](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/cabral-patricia_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Patricia Cabral
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., Cal State Northridge; Ph.D., UC Merced
Patricia Cabral’s research interests are centered on health-risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults, and how they contribute to differences in health outcomes across racial/ethnic groups. Read her Â鶹ƵµÀStory profile.
Nicholas Grebe
Assistant Professor, Pyschology
B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., Ph.D. University of New Mexico
![Stephanie Nelli](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/nelli_stephanie-17_2.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Stephanie Nelli
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., UNC Chapel Hill; Ph.D., UC San Diego
Stephanie Nelli uses neuroscience and machine learning to study the computational principles underlying rapid learning and flexible decision-making.
![Professor Joseph Schulz](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/schulz-joseph_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Joseph Schulz
Professor, Biology
B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., UC San Diego
Joseph Schulz teaches zoology, biochemistry, and vertebrate physiology. His research focuses on the activity and evolution of venom peptides in fish-hunting cone snails.
![Professor Aleksandra Sherman](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/sherman-aleksandra_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Aleksandra (Sasha) Sherman
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Research areas: psychology of art, art perception, and multisensory perception.
![Zachary Silver](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/400x400_Silver_Zachary-01.jpg)
Zachary Silver
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D., Yale University
Zachary Silver's research and teaching interests involve how animals learn from and about humans.
![Professor Kerry Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/thompson-kerry_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Kerry Thompson
Professor, Biology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Kerry Thompson teaches introduction to cell and molecular biochemistry, stem cell biology, and neurobiology.
![Professor Kevin Urstadt](/sites/default/files/styles/person_listing/public/faculty-images/urstadt-kevin_400x400.jpg?h=a7e6d17b)
Kevin Urstadt
Resident Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Kevin Urstadt's research interests include functional neuroanatomy, neuroscience of addiction, and neurocircuitry of hunger.