Education & Training
2020 - 2023
Postdoctoral Training
Computational Neuroscience
The University of Texas – Austin (UT), Austin, TX
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (2021-2023)
Mentor: Dr. Josh M. Cisler
University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW), Madison, WI
Department of Psychiatry (2020-2021)
Mentor: Dr. Josh M. Cisler
2013 - 2019
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Kinesiology
University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW), Madison, WI
Ph.D. Concentration: Exercise Psychology
Ph.D. Minor Concentration: Quantitative Methods
Mentor: Dr. Kelli F. Koltyn
2011 - 2013
Master of Science (M.S.)
Movement Science
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
Mentors: Dr. Gualberto Cremades and Dr. Duncan Simpson
2008 - 2011
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Psychology
Purdue University – Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
Professional Appointments
2023 – present
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2023 – present
Affiliate Faculty
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2023
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2022 – 2023
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2022 – 2023
Honorary Fellow
Department of Psychiatry at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2021 – 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2020 – 2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2018 – 2019
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Predoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Kinesiology
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2016 – 2019
Biomedical Research Visiting Scholar
Neuroscience Research Center & Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2015
National Institute of Health (NIH) Biomedical Research Intern
Molecular Targets and Medication Discovery Branch – Medication Development Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Baltimore, MD
2013 – 2018
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Kinesiology (Exercise Psychology Lab)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2011 – 2013
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Human Performance & Leisure Sciences
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
2009 – 2011
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
Purdue University – Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN