Staff Directory
Investigators
![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)
![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)
![Headshot of Kenneth Henry Fischbeck](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/fischbeck3.jpg?itok=1X5YI2At)
Kenneth (Kurt) Fischbeck, M.D., Scientist Emeritus
Hereditary Neurological Disease Section, Neurogenetics Branch
![Photo of Dr. Ashley Frakes Bowers](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2022-03/Ashley%20Frakes%20Bowers.jpg?itok=QP7rxKY2)
Ashley Frakes, Ph.D., NINDS Adjunct Investigator and NIDDK Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
Glial Biology Section, Genetics and Biochemistry Branch
![Photo of Dr. Marc Gilbert](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2021-04/marc%20gilbert.png?itok=bqWt_JBK)
Mark R. Gilbert, M.D., NCI Senior Investigator and NINDS Adjunct Investigator
Neuro-Oncology Branch
![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 Joseph A. Mindell](/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_member_100w_/public/images/2020-12/Mindell_Headshot_ec410802-fe24-480b-8efa-83fef0b4cc84.jpg?itok=YP-T-a5n)
Joseph A. Mindell, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Membrane Transport Biophysics Section
Priyanka S. Narayan, Ph.D., NIDDK Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator and NINDS Adjunct Investigator
Human Disease Section, Genetics & Biochemistry Branch, NIDDK