Education

  The Pennsylvania State University
  Doctoral student, Human Development and Family Studies. 
  Advisor: Dr. Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

  Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  M.Sc. Neuroscience, 2014.
  Thesis advisor: Dr. Redmond O'Connell

  B.A. Psychology, 2013.
  Thesis advisor: Dr. Fiona Newell
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Research Positions

   Prevention and Methodology Predoctoral Fellow                                                       July 2017 - present
   National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32)
   Mentors: Dr. Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Dr. Nilam Ram, Dr. Stephen Wilson

   Child Brain Development Lab                                                                                         June 2016 - present
   The Pennsylvania State University
   PI: Dr. Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

   Addiction, Smoking & Health Laboratory                                                                    Feb 2015 – present
   The Pennsylvania State University
   PI: Dr. Stephen Wilson

   Geier Lab for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Addiction                Sept 2014 – May 2016
   The Pennsylvania State University
   PI: Dr. Charles Geier

   Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience: O'Connell Lab                                       Sept 2013 – Jun 2014
   Trinity College Dublin
   PI: Dr. Redmond O’Connell

   Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience: Multisensory Cognition Lab               Aug 2012 - Apr 2013
   Trinity College Dublin
   PI: Dr. Fiona Newell

   Language, Aging and Mood research project                                                              Jan 2012 – Apr 2012
   Trinity College Dublin
   PI’s: Dr. Ian Robertson and Dr. Jean Quigley

   Geary Institute                                                                                                                     May 2011 - July 2011
   University College Dublin
   PI: Dr. Liam Delaney