Jordan Hamm, PhD

My research aims to advance basic understanding of brain systems that support perception and cognition, toward the long-term goal of identifying new avenues for treating neuropsychiatric disorders.

My lab specifically studies how spatial, temporal, and/or behavioral context influences sensory processing in the mammalian neocortex. This function enables the rapid detection of behaviorally-relevant changes in the sensory milieu and, importantly, is altered in major
psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia, as quantified by electroencephalographic (EEG) biomarkers like “mismatch negativity” (MMN). Ongoing projects in my lab involve

1) a deep dive into the role of neuron subtypes and feed-back circuits in supporting context processing and MMN,

2) a study of how these cells/circuits develop across adolescence,

 3) an interrogation into a role for microglia-neuron interactions in shaping this circuit development.

My lab space is located at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, just north of New York City.