Etan J. Markus

Position                       

Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies

University Address  

Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road,  Unit-1020 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269 – 1020

Office: Bousfield 100
etan.markus@uconn.edu
Tel:  (860) 486 – 4588; FAX:  (860) 486 – 2760

 

UCONN Faculty Page 

Precollege Program: Psychology & Neuroscience

UCONN Brain&Behavior@TAU: TelAviv Summer Psychology/Neuroscience Program

Markus PSYC2209 Website – Learning & memory: From Brain to Behavior

Scholarships/Awards/Grants/Honors

• Graduate – Connaught Scholarship; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Scholarship; University of Toronto Open Fellowship; Wilford George Scott Fellowship (in Aging)
• Postdoc – Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada
• UConn – Univ. Research Foundation; NIH/NIA First Award; Claude Pepper – Research Development Core; NSF
• Other – Psi Chi award for “Outstanding Advising in Psychology”; NorthEast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience award for “Excellence in Scholarship and Mentorship”; AAUP “Teaching Excellence Career Award”; CLAS “Excellence in Teaching Award”; UCONN Office of Undergraduate Research “Faculty Mentorship Excellence Award”; NIH NRSA to Jennifer Tropp; Tara Jacobson and Jonathan Oler each recipient of Walter E. Hildick Prize for Innovation in Neuroscience

Teaching

• PSYC 2500: Learning
• PSYC 2209: Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior
  PSYC 3250W: Laboratory in Animal Behavior and Learning;
  PSYC 5251: Neural Foundations of Learning and Memory;
  PSYC 5285: Neurobiology of Aging: Changes in Cognitive Processes;
• PSYC 298  Aging: From Cell to Society;
  PSYC 358: Neuroscience (co-organizer)