
A Message From The Department Head
Welcome to the website of the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) at the University of Connecticut. PNB is a vibrant, collegial, interactive, and inclusive department housed in the Pharmacy/Biology, Torrey Life Science, and Biology/Biophysics Buildings on the UConn Storrs main campus. We are one of the twenty-five departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
PNB is the home to twenty-six faculty members with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds who are at the forefront of investigating fundamental physiology and neurobiology questions. Research areas include many aspects of neurobiology, reproductive biology, vascular biology, developmental biology, RNA processing, neuronal modelling, and human disease models as well as research on STEM education. We also oversee the Bioscience Electron Microscopy Laboratory, which provides service and training to users across the Storrs campus.
The PNB undergraduate degree is very popular, with more than 650 majors. Many of our PNB majors pursue careers in a health care profession or in biomedical research. We take pride in our cutting-edge courses in physiology and neurobiology and our emphasis on experiential learning. PNB also shares oversight of the biology major with the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. There are over 850 biology majors at UConn. We enjoy a thriving biology community at UConn.
At the graduate level, we offer PhD and MS programs in Physiology and Neurobiology. PNB has an extraordinarily successful track record for placing our PhD graduates in top-tier academic and industry positions. Our graduate alumni are faculty at many academic institutions or have pursued successful careers in industry. PNB also offers a graduate certificate in Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) and a Master of Science in Surgical Neurophysiology. These programs offer both classroom training and extensive hands-on experience in neuromonitoring in operating rooms in area hospitals. Our graduates enjoy a very high job placement rate.
We invite you to explore our website and learn more about our educational and research programs in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology.
Sincerely,
Randall Walikonis
