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
2024-2025

President
Joseph Neimat

Joseph Neimat, MD, MS, MBA
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery


President-elect tbd


Treasurer
Sujata Saraswat

Sujata Saraswat Ohri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Secretary

Nelleke van Wouwe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Outreach Liaison

 Caitlin White
 Graduate Student, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
 

 

Past Presidents of the Louisville Chapter Society for Neuroscience

2023-2024 - Chad Samuelsen
2022-2023 - William Guido
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