Robert W. Stackman, Jr.

Dr. Robert W. Stackman, Jr. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and serves as Associate Vice President for the Jupiter Campus at Florida Atlantic University. His research focuses on the cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying long-term memory, with particular emphasis on spatial navigation, hippocampal-cortical interactions, and neurophysiological coding of object memory.

Education:

• Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College

His work investigates how the hippocampus integrates object and spatial information to form event memories. Key projects include cortical contributions to memory consolidation, neuronal firing properties in memory circuits, spatial problem-solving mechanisms, and the role of SK-type potassium channels in schizophrenia-like models.

Recent research trends highlight hippocampal subregional specialization (e.g., CA1 and perirhinal cortex), serotonin receptor modulation of memory, and dendritic spine dynamics in synaptic plasticity. His lab employs in-vivo neurophysiology and pharmacological models to explore these mechanisms.

Dr. Stackman's scholarly activities include a Google Scholar profile and a podcast interview with the UT San Antonio Neuroscience Institute discussing hippocampal roles in recognition and episodic memory.