Education
2008 Ph.D. Psychology (experimental) Brown University, Providence, RI
2004 M.S. Psychology (experimental) Brown University, Providence, RI
2002 M.A. (honours) Psychology University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Research and Professional Experience
| 2021 – current | Professor of Neuroeconomics, CREED, Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam
Co-Director Trust in the Digital Society Research Priority Area |
| 2014 – current | Radboud Excellence Fellow, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| 2014 – current | Associate Member, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich |
| 2010 – 2014 | Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics and Laboratory for Social and Neural System Research, University of Zurich Advisor: Ernst Fehr |
| 2007 – 2009 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computation and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine Advisor: Gregory S. Berns |
| 2006 – 2007 | Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 2003 – 2007 | Doctoral Student, Laboratory of Cognition and Emotion, Department of Psychology, Brown University Advisor: Luiz Pessoa |
Reseach Interests and Expertise
Neuroeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Affective and Social Neuroscience, Topics include social decision-making, trust and reciprocity, affective influences on decision-making (focus on anxiety), cognitive drivers of decisions (focus on attention), emotion – cognition interactions during choice.
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
| 2019 | ASF Research Grant |
| 2017 | Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Project Grant, co-PI |
| 2014 | John Dickhaut Memorial Travel Grant, Society for Neuroeconomics |
| 2014 | Radboud Excellence Fellowship |
| 2013 | The neurobiology of emotion regulation in decision-making, PI, with Ernst Fehr, NCCR Affective Sciences |
| 2013 | Open access publishing fund for the social sciences and humanities, University of Zurich |
| 2008 | Best Poster Award in Neurobiology, Emory University Postdoc Research Symposium |
| 2008 | International Symposium: Foundations of Human Social Behavior Travel Award, University of Zurich |
| 2007 | American Psychological Association (APA) Dissertation Research Award |
| 2007 | Association for Psychological Science (APS) Travel Award |
| 2006 | Brown University Dissertation Fellowship |
| 2006 | Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Research Grant Winner |
| 2006 | Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion Fellow |
| 2005 | APA Advanced Training Institute in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fellow |
| 2004 | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |
| 1999 | Exchange Scholarship, Haverford College, PA, USA; awarded by the University of Aberdeen |