Research Interests
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Learning and Memory
- Substance Use Disorders
- Social Cognition
Memberships
- Pavlovian Society
- Society for Neuroscience
Honors & Awards
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Past Travel Award Scholarship – 2022
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Faculty Incentive Award – 2022
- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2021
- Leading Research Achievement• American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Award – 2021
- The Pfeil Foundation Investigator (2020)
- Winter Conference for Brain Research (WCBR) Panel Travel Award – 2020
- Catecholamine Gordon Research Seminar – Selected for Oral Presentation (2019)
- Japan Neuroscience Society Travel Award – 2018 (Declined)
- Federation of European Neurosciences Societies Forum of Neuroscience Travel Award – 2018
- Society for Neuroscience, Trainee Professional Development Award – 2017
- Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Travel Award – 2017
- Duke University Graduate School Conference Travel Award – 2012
- Vertical Integration Program Graduate Fellow – Duke University, 2011
- Claire Hamilton Graduate Studies Conference Travel Award – 2010
- Fellowship for Vienna International Summer Uni./Scientific World Conceptions, 2010
- Duke University Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2013
- Superior Achievement Scholarship - Istanbul Bilgi University, 2003-2006