Mark Laubach Professor Neuroscience
- Additional Positions at AU
- Director, PhD in Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience
- Degrees
- PhD neuroscience, Wake Forest University
MA biology, Bryn Mawr College
AB biology and chemistry, Lafayette College - Bio
- I am a neurobiologist interested in goal-directed behavior. My laboratory is focused on the roles of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia in executive control and decision making. Core methods include multi-electrode recordings, optogenetics, multivariate statistics, and computational models of neural circuits.
- See Also
- Department of Neuroscience
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Fall 2024
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NEUR-380 Comp Methods Brain/Behav Sci
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NEUR-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment
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NEUR-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Spring 2025
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NEUR-330 Neurobiology with Laboratory
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NEUR-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment
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NEUR-899 Doctoral Dissertation
AU Experts
Area of Expertise
Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, Multi-electrode Recording
Additional Information
Laubach is a neurobiologist interested in how groups of neurons work together to process information. His research focuses on understanding the neuronal circuit basis of decision making, motivation, and self-control. He is especially interested in how decisions are adjusted when outcomes do not match expectations. Laubach's laboratory uses multi-electrode recordings, optogenetics, and computational methods to record brain cell activity and analyze the resulting data.Â
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.