Education:
2008-2012: University of Wisconsin- Madison; Ph.D., Psychology (Biology, Brain and Behavior); Advisor: Craig W. Berridge, Ph.D.; Ph.D. minor: Population Health Sciences/Distributed
2008-2009: University of Wisconsin- Madison; M.S., Psychology (Biology, Brain and Behavior)
1997-2001: University of Wisconsin- Madison; B.S., Psychology
Post-Doctoral Training:
2014-2019: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD; Advisor: Dr. George Koob
2012-2014: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA; Advisor: Dr. George Koob
Research/Teaching Interests:
- Neurobiology/neurocircuitry of substance/alcohol use disorders
- Neuropeptide contributions to compulsive drug/alcohol intake
- Sleep dysfunction comorbidity in substance/alcohol use disorders