The Louisville Chapter

The Louisville Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, established in 1990, is comprised of over 200 neuroscientists from the University of Louisville and other regional universities, colleges, research centers, and institutes. The goal of the chapter is to promote research and understanding of normal functions and diseases of the nervous system.

Louisville Chapter Officers
2022-2023

President

William Guido, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Past President

Charles Hubscher, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Interim Deputy Director, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Coordinator of Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
Treasurer
Alex Ovechkin, MD, PhD

Alex Ovechkin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Secretary
Chad Samuelsen, PhD

Chad Samuelsen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Outreach Liaison

 Carlos A. de Almeida
 Graduate Student, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
 Interdisciplinary Program in Translational Neuroscience (IPTN)

 

Past Presidents of the Louisville Chapter Society for Neuroscience

2020-2022 - April Herrity
2019-2020 - David Stirling
2018-2019 - Enrico Rejc
2017-2018 - Jeffrey Petruska
2016-2017 - Kristofer Rau
2015-2016 - Cynthia Corbitt
2014-2015 - Dena Howland
2013-2014 - Ron Gregg
2012-2013 - Theo Hagg
2011-2012 - Rif El-Mallakh
2010-2011 - Robin Krimm
2009-2010 - Irene Litvan
2008-2009 - David Magnuson
2007-2008 - Manuel Casanova
2006-2007 - Martha Bickford
2005-2006 - Xiao-Ming Xu
2003-2005 - Charles Hubscher
2002-2003 - Scott Whittemore
2001-2002 - Michael Gruenthal
2000-2001 - George Mower
1999-2000 - Dante Morassutti
1998-1999 - Heywood Petry
1997-1998 - Rif El-Mallakh
1996-1997 - Nigel Cooper
1995-1996 - Laurence Carr
1994-1995 - Madhu Gupta
1993-1994 - Avital Schurr
1992-1993 - Ken Leskawa
1991-1992 - Peter Rowell
1990-1991 - Fred Roisen