Neuroscience

Faculty

Daniel Choffnes
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
Straz Center B6-G
·(262) 551-2374
Dan Choffnes, a developmental geneticist, joined the Carthage faculty in 2006. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He continued his training as a National Science ...
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Daniel Miller
  • Chair of the Psychology Department
  • Chair of the Neuroscience Program
  • Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Lentz Hall 420
·(262) 551-5967
Daniel Miller, Ph.D., was a graduate student of Dr. Joseph Steinmetz at Indiana University from 1989 to 1994. While in the Steinmetz lab, his research focused on the function of ...
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Patrick Pfaffle
  • Chair of the Biology Department
  • Professor of Biology
Straz Center 219
·(262) 552-5516
Patrick Pfaffle previously taught graduate and undergraduate-level biology courses at Indiana State University. He has received numerous awards for scientific research, including the National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement ...
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Penny Seymoure
  • Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Lentz Hall 422
·(262) 552-5515
Penny Seymoure earned her B.A. (cum laude) and M.A. (with distinction) from California State University at Stanislaus, and her Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ...
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Student Voices

"I think the department's strength is that they are able to provide the undergraduate student with experience in research projects that are typically only available at a graduate level."

— Jamie Hamill, '11, Kenosah, Wis.

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