Faculty are listed by Department within their Research Areas,
with descriptions of their active projects.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

MICHAEL J. BAUM
Professor of Biology; PhD, McGill University

Research Interests: I study the steroidal control of brain and behavioral sexual differentiation in ferrets and mice. This work employs immunocytochemistry, computer-assisted imaging analysis, radioimmunoassay of sex steroids and reproductively relevant neuropeptides, intra-cranial administration of neurotoxins, neural tract tracing compounds and other pharmacological agents, as well as the observation and registration of reproductive and olfactory behaviors.

MATT WACHOWIAK
Assistant Professor of Biology; PhD, University of Florida

Research Interests: My research focuses on how the nervous system encodes and processes information about odors. Odor coding starts with olfactory receptor neurons in the nose, where odor molecules activate specific combinations of receptor neurons. Which receptor neurons are activated depends on the chemical structure and concentration of the odor. We are interested in understanding how the pattern of receptor neuron activity encodes information about an odor as this information is transmitted to the brain, and also how this code is transformed as the information passes through different stages of processing in the brain.

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