# Department of Neuroscience: professors and courses Course codes NEU Who teaches here **36** people Teaching 18 courses in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026. 36 professors ## Who teaches here Find a professor or course **Department of Neuroscience professors and instructors** | Name | Teaches | | --- | --- | | [Nigel S Atkinson](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/nigel-atkinson) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [George D Bittner](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/george-bittner) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16993258/) Professor Neuroscience | [NEU 365N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365n) | | [Laura Lee Colgin](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/laura-colgin) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16984723/) Professor | [NEU 366R](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366r) | | [Lauren K Dobbs](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/lauren-dobbs) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lauren%20Dobbs#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16269840/) Assistant professor | [NEU 335](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/335) | | [Michael Drew](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/michael-drew) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [Joseph Edward Dunsmoor Jr](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/joseph-dunsmoor) Associate professor | No classes listed this year | | Thomas W Elston Assistant professor Neuroscience [University directory](https://cns.utexas.edu/directory) | No classes listed this year | | [Lief Fenno](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/lief-fenno) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lief%20Fenno#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16269425/) Assistant professor | [NEU 382T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/382t) | | [Nace L Golding](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/nace-golding) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Nace%20Golding#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/10497933/) Professor | [NEU 365L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365l) | | [Marcel Goldschen](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/marcel-goldschen) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13535601/) Associate professor | [NEU 365P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365p) | | [Kristen M Harris](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/kristen-harris) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14613671/) Professor | [NEU 466G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/466g), [NEU 486G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/486g) | | Mackenzie A Howard Research assistant professor | No classes listed this year | **Show all 36 peopleDepartment of Neuroscience professors and instructors, continued** | Name | Teaches | | --- | --- | | [Husniye Kantarci](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/husniye-kantarci) Assistant professor | No classes listed this year | | [Lyndsey Kirk](https://bio.cns.utexas.edu/directory/lyndsey-kirk) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lyndsey%20Kirk#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372269/) Assistant professor | [NEU 466G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/466g) | | [Amy Lee](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/amy-lee) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [Jarrod Alan Lewis-Peacock](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/jarrod-lewis-peacock) Associate professor Learning and Memory | No classes listed this year | | [Michela Marinelli](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/michela-marinelli) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989242/) Associate professor | [NEU 367S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/367s) | | [Michael Mauk](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/michael-mauk) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Michael%20Mauk#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/9758629/) Professor | [NSC 110H](https://utaustin.guide/courses/nsc/110h) | | [Roy D Mayfield](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/roy-mayfield) Research professor | No classes listed this year | | [Robert Messing](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/robert-messing) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [S J Mihic](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/component/cobalt/item/17-neuroscience/401-mihic-s-j?Itemid=1258) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16984149/) Associate professor | [NEU 365D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365d), [NEU 365W](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365w) | | [Marie Helene Monfils](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/marie-monfils) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373001/) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [Hitoshi Morikawa](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/hitoshi-morikawa) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Hitoshi%20Morikawa#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16588237/) Associate professor | [NEU 365T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365t) | | [Hiroshi Nishiyama](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/hiroshi-nishiyama) Associate professor | No classes listed this year | | [Caitlin A Orsini](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/cao2327) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17374314/) Associate professor | No classes listed this year | | [Franco Pestilli](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/franco-pestilli) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17388427/) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [Jonathan T Pierce](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/jonathan-pierce) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16984768/) Professor | [NEU 366S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366s) | | [Alison R Preston](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/alison-preston) Professor | No classes listed this year | | [Nicholas J Priebe](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/nicholas-priebe) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/7788355/) Professor | [NEU 365L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365l) | | [Susanne Ressl](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/susanne-ressl) Assistant professor | No classes listed this year | | [Eyal Seidemann](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/eyal-seidemann) Professor Neuroscience | No classes listed this year | | [Eric Senning](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/eric-senning) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Eric%20Senning#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17381974/) Assistant professor Neuroscience | [NEU 340](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/340), [NEU 366L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366l) | | [Thibaud Olivier Taillefumier](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/thibaud-taillefumier) Associate professor | No classes listed this year | | [Xuexin Wei](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/xuexin-wei) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16983474/) Assistant professor | [NEU 366W](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366w) | | Harold H Zakon [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14612409/) Professor | [NEU 337](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/337) | | [Boris Zemelman](https://neuroscience.utexas.edu/directory/boris-zemelman) Associate professor | No classes listed this year | ## Who teaches each course **Department of Neuroscience: who teaches each course** | Course | Taught by | | --- | --- | | [NEU 335](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/335) | Lauren K Dobbs | | [NEU 337](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/337) | Harold H Zakon | | [NEU 340](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/340) | Eric Senning | | [NEU 365D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365d) | S J Mihic | | [NEU 365L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365l) | Nace L Golding, Nicholas J Priebe | | [NEU 365N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365n) | George D Bittner | | [NEU 365P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365p) | Marcel Goldschen | | [NEU 365T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365t) | Hitoshi Morikawa | | [NEU 365W](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/365w) | S J Mihic | | [NEU 366L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366l) | Eric Senning | | [NEU 366R](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366r) | Laura Lee Colgin | | [NEU 366S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366s) | Jonathan T Pierce | | [NEU 366W](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/366w) | Xuexin Wei | | [NEU 367S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/367s) | Michela Marinelli | | [NEU 382T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/382t) | Lief Fenno | | [NEU 466G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/466g) | Kristen M Harris, Lyndsey Kirk | | [NEU 486G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/neu/486g) | Kristen M Harris | | [NSC 110H](https://utaustin.guide/courses/nsc/110h) | Michael Mauk | **Bachelor’s degrees 3 programs** - [Neuroscience](https://utaustin.guide/majors/neuroscience) BSA [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/programs/neuroscience-bsa/) - [Neuroscience](https://utaustin.guide/majors/neuroscience) BSNeurosci [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/natural-sciences/) - [Neuroscience and Computer Science (offered jointly with the Department of Computer Science)](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/natural-sciences/) BSNeuCS **Master’s degrees 1 program** - [Neuroscience](https://utaustin.guide/majors/neuroscience) MSNeurosci [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/natural-sciences) **Doctoral degrees 1 program** - [Neuroscience](https://utaustin.guide/majors/neuroscience) PhD [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/natural-sciences) **Pay after graduation Up to $65,100Median pay after graduation by field** | Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out | | --- | --- | --- | | Neurobiology and Neurosciences Bachelor’s · Neuroscience, Neuroscience | $37,300 | $65,100 | Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs. **About the department** Department of Neuroscience is part of College of Natural Sciences, led by Dean David Vanden Bout. Its course codes are NEU. **Sources UT catalog, HB 2504** UT’s catalog lists colleges, deans, departments, and degree programs. UT’s public course records list instructors and CVs by section. - [UT Austin undergraduate catalog 2026-2028](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/) - [UT Austin HB 2504 public course information](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/) [College of Natural Sciences](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/college-of-natural-sciences)[Every UT college](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges)[Every UT course](https://utaustin.guide/courses) By [Sulayman Bowles](https://sulayman-bowles.dev/about) · Checked Nov 11, 2026 --- Source: https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/college-of-natural-sciences/department-of-neuroscience · Checked 2026-11-11 · Field Guide: UT Austin