Russell D. Romeo, PhD

Russell D. Romeo PhD joined the Barnard faculty in 2007. He teaches such courses as Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience; Psychobiology of Stress; Adolescent Neurobehavioral Development; and Senior Research Seminars.

Professor Romeo’s research laboratory studies the effects of pubertal maturation on brain and behavior. Specifically, the lab is interested in the impact of stress on the development of neural circuits important in emotional reactivity.