Thomas Newpher, Ph.D.

Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Dr. Newpher teaches and advises for Duke's Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience program and directs the Summer Neuroscience Program. He earned his PhD in molecular biology from Case Western Reserve University. He then came to Duke for postdoctoral training in the Neurobiology Department, where his research focused on identifying key molecular mechanisms that underlie learning-related synaptic plasticity.