Former faculty
![Dale Purves, MD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Purves-2-280x386.jpg)
Dale Purves, MD
Research Professor Emeritus of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University
Faculty Member, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, 1973-1985, Department of Neuroscience, 1985-2004
![Yi Rao, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Rao-280x386.png)
Yi Rao, PhD
Director and Principal Investigator of IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Peking University.
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1994-2004
![Joshua Sanes, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Sanes-280x386.png)
Joshua Sanes, PhD
Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Faculty Member, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, 1980-1985, Department of Neuroscience, 1985-2004
![Robert Waterston, MD, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WashU-shield-outline-280x386.jpeg)
Robert Waterston, MD, PhD
Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medical Genetics, University of Washington
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1976-2002 and Department of Genetics
![Aguan Wei, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wei-280x386.jpg)
Aguan Wei, PhD
Research Scientist, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2004-2008
![Rachel Wong, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RachelW-280x386.jpg)
Rachel Wong, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biological Structure, University of Washington
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1994-2006