Staff Directory
Investigators
![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)
![Headshot of Edward Giniger](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/Giniger_1.jpg?itok=YOm-0lpD)
Edward S. Giniger, Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Axon Guidance and Neural Connectivity Section
![Headshot of Yi Gu](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/YiGu_874c4676-c9e0-4d61-b584-90a26e7a5647.jpg?itok=sRCb-aIf)
![David Leopold](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2024-01/David%20Leopold.png?itok=ydrruJ4Z)
David Leopold, Ph.D., NIMH Senior Investigator and NINDS Adjunct Investigator
Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging
![Ariel Levine, M.D., Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2023-08/Levine_headshot.jpg?itok=Jc05LO3h)
Ariel Levine, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Spinal Circuits and Plasticity Section
![Wei Lu photo](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2022-01/Unknown_0.jpeg?itok=Tvs_SF8s)
![Christopher J. McBain, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2023-05/McBain.jpg?itok=n48SsVum)
Christopher J. McBain, Ph.D., NICHD Senior Investigator and NINDS Adjunct Investigator
Section on Cellular & Synaptic Physiology
![Headshot of John Ngai](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2021-02/john_ngai_bio.jpg?itok=CiScf2FO)
John Jay Ngai, Ph.D., Senior Investigator and NIH BRAIN Initiative Director
NIH Brain Initiative, Office of The Director
![Headshot of Katherine W. Roche](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/roche2009.jpg?itok=e1VumAxV)
Katherine W. Roche, Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Receptor Biology Section