William Marks

Assistant Professor of Instruction - Department of Neuroscience

Undergraduate Teaching Lab Coordinator

Research Interests: Neurovirology and neuroinflammation, HIV associated neurocognitive disorders, Learning and memory, Circuit physiology, Electrical synapses

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Curriculum Vitae
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Not currently accepting undergraduate or graduate students

Professional Preparation

PhD - Neuroscience
Virginia Commonwealth University - 2017

MA - Biology
SUNY Buffalo State - 2012

BS - Biology
Franciscan University of Steubenville - 2009

Publications

Topology and Mechanism of Broadband and Fast Multi-Characteristic Opsin for Neuromodulation 2025 - Journal Article

Sex related differences in cognitive deficits: Disrupted Arc/Arg3.1 signaling in an HIV model 2025 - Journal Article

Sex related differences in cognitive deficits: Disrupted Arc/Arg3.1 signaling in an HIV model 2024 - Journal Article

Visuotactile integration facilitates mirror-induced self-directed behavior through activation of hippocampal neuronal ensembles in mice 2024 - Journal Article

Elucidating the structural and functional uniqueness of multi-characteristic opsin, a highly bioengineered, ambient light-sensitive molecule, with broadband spectral responsiveness and fast kinetics to modulate neural activities 2024 - Journal Article

Progressive Degeneration and Adaptive Excitability in Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptor-Expressing Striatal Neurons Exposed to HIV-1 Tat and Morphine 2023 - Journal Article

Hippocampal-amygdala memory circuits govern experience-dependent observational fear 2022 - Journal Article

Neuronal Ensembles Organize Activity to Generate Contextual Memory 2022 - Journal Article

Appointments

Postdoctoral Researcher
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dept of Psychiatry [2018–2023]
Studied the circuit physiology underlying the integration of temporal information with spatial/contextual memory.

Projects

Coordinator, Undergraduate Teaching Labs.

News Articles

Popular Science: Mice may be able to recognize their own reflections

Funding

Instructional Improvement Award- "Redevelopment of the Neuroscience Teaching Lab: Virtual reality applications and development of physiological recordings"