Staff Directory
Investigators
![Photo of Dr. Anirban Banerjee](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2021-04/anir%20banerjee.jpg?itok=zWfLHMKU)
Anirban Banerjee, Ph.D., NICHD Senior Investigator and NINDS Adjunct Investigator
Cell Biology & Neurobiology Branch
![Headshot of Carsten G. Bönnemann](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/Carsten2011.jpg?itok=gthCvApi)
Carsten Gerhart Bönnemann, M.D., Senior Investigator
Neuromuscular & Neurogenetic Diseases of Childhood, Neurogenetics Branch (NGB)
![Photo of Dr. James Bourne](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2022-06/bourne.jpg?itok=kpv1BPfJ)
James A. Bourne, Ph.D., Adjunct Investigator and NIMH Senior Investigator
Section on Cellular and Cognitive Neurodevelopment, NIMH
![Headshot of Dr. Desmond A. Brown](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2021-07/Brown-Desmond.jpeg?itok=vaWygWDu)
Desmond A. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator and Unit Head
Neurosurgical Oncology Unit, Surgical Neurology Branch (SNB)
![Photo of Dr. Alex Chesler](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2022-03/chesler.jpg?itok=-CvHYf9R)
Alexander T. Chesler, Ph.D., NINDS Adjunct Investigator and NCCIH Senior Investigator
Sensory Cells & Circuits Section
![Headshot of Prashant Chittiboina](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/Chittiboina2016_cd347be4-cb8b-4136-8985-5ddc6d8715ff.jpg?itok=vpD__sJa)
Prashant Chittiboina, M.D., M.P.H., Investigator
Neurosurgery Unit for Pituitary and Inheritable Diseases, Surgical Neurology Branch (SNB)
![Leonardo G Cohen, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2021-05/2021-05-07-NINDS-Leonardo%20Cohen-4%20%281%29.jpg?itok=5XhyIPrZ)
Leonardo G. Cohen, M.D., Senior Investigator
Human Cortical Physiology and Neurorehabilitation Section, Medical Neurology Branch (MNB)
Irene Cortese, M.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator
Experimental Immunotherapeutics Unit
![Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2023-10/Jeff%20Diamond%20October%202023.jpg?itok=NSDsXiF-)
Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D., NINDS Scientific Director and Senior Investigator
Synaptic Physiology Section
![Headshot of Jozef H. Duyn](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/duyn3.jpg?itok=VIWW7mHf)
Jozef H. Duyn, Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Advanced MRI Section