neuroSURF

About VTCRI

The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute spans 100,000 square feet of space near downtown Roanoke, Virginia, adjacent to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus in the Roanoke Innovation Corridor. A unique public-private partnership, the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute opened its doors in 2010. Research at the…

Neuroscience Growth at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech is a large, land grant university with a strong history of providing meaningful experiential learning opportunities to undergraduate students. This includes a long history of successful summer undergraduate research programs and NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs. Virginia Tech is in the midst of unprecedented growth in neurobiology-related research, training, and education….

Other Summer Programs at Virginia Tech

VTCRI neuroSURF is for undergraduates interested in working in translational neurobiology labs at VTCRI. There are additional summer undergraduate research opportunities at VT which can be found on the VT Office for Undergraduate Research homepage. Virginia Tech Office of Undergraduate Research homepage Virginia Tech Student Information: Research Programs Virginia Tech REU Opportunities

neuroSURF News and Events

December 2017: VTCRI summer undergraduate neuroscience research federally funded for five more years. The article can be found here. May 2017: We are excited to welcome our first group of neuroSURF students for the summer of 2017! Haley Bain Home Institution: Virginia Tech Lab Mentor: Dr. Konark Mukherjee James Cole Home…

Our Team

Michael Fox, PhD

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Director, Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Yuchin Albert Pan, PhD

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Commonwealth Center for Innovative Technology Eminent Research Scholar in Developmental Neuroscience, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Gregorio Valdez, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Zhi Sheng, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Harald Sontheimer, PhD

I. D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science, Virginia Tech

Executive Director, School of Neuroscience, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Stefanie Robel, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Sharon Landesman Ramey, PhD

Professor and Distinguished Research Scholar, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Craig Ramey, PhD

Professor and Distinguished Research Scholar of Human Development, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Human Development, Virginia Tech

Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Konark Mukherjee, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Alexei Morozov, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Read Montague, PhD

Inaugural Holder, Virginia Tech Carilion Vernon Mountcastle Research Professorship

Director, Human Neuroimaging Laboratory, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Stephen M LaConte, PhD

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Brooks King-Casas, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Warren K. Bickel, PhD

Inaugural Holder, Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Health Research Professorship

Director, Addiction Recovery Research Center

Professor of Psychology, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

John C. Chappell, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Pearl Chiu, PhD

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Stephanie DeLuca, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Jefferson College of Life Sciences

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Michael J. Friedlander, PhD

Founding Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute ♦ Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech

Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine ♦ Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech