Faculty Profiles
- Primary Faculty (Full Time, Part Time, Volunteer, Fellow, and Research Associates)
- Secondary Faculty (Full Time and Volunteer)
- All Faculty
Incoming Faculty

We are excited to announce that Emily Aery Jones, PhD, will join us in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and UM-MIND.
Emily's work explores the dynamics of hippocampal inputs in learning and Alzheimer's disease. She is recruiting students and research assistants. Please contact her directly at EAeryjones@som.umaryland.edu.
Faculty by Research Interest
Sensory Neurobiology Faculty
Sensory Neurobiology Faculty
- Nathan Cramer, PhD
- Reha Erzurumlu, PhD
- Asaf Keller, PhD
- Adam Puche, PhD
- Fuwen Zhou, BM, MM, Dr. rer. nat.
Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Faculty
Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Faculty
Aging and Neurodegeneration Faculty
Aging and Neurodegeneration Faculty
Department Administration
Department Administrator
Judith F. Edelman, MA
jedelman@som.umaryland.edu
(410) 706-8805
Coordinator
Jules Ash, BS
julie.ash@som.umaryland.edu
(410) 706-6491
Senior Accountant
Loren Sloan, BS
lorensloan@som.umaryland.edu
(410) 706-7840
Accounting Manager
Yuping (Ping) Zhong, MS
yzhong@som.umaryland.edu
(410) 706-7833
Academic Services Coordinator
Megan Palmer, BA
Megan.Palmer@som.umaryland.edu
(410) 706-3590