Bio

Education and Research Experience

  Ph.D.    Cornell University    Psychology (Perception/Cognition & Behavioral Neuroscience)

  M.A.      University of Munich (LMU)    Educational Psychology 

  Research Assistant  Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich

  B.A.       Washington University in St. Louis, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

Employment and Academic Appointments

    2020 - present    Associate Professor Fitchburg State University

    2015 - 2020         Assistant Professor  Fitchburg State University

    2014 - 2017        Instructor                 Harvard Medical School  

    2012 - 2014        Research Fellow      Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital 

    2011- 2012         Postdoctoral Fellow  McMaster University 

    2009 - 2011        Postdoctoral Fellow  Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig 

    2010                        Fulbright Fellow        Tokyo Institute of Technology    

Honors and Fellowships

    Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Brain, Language, and Music,  McGill University,  2022-2023    

    Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens, U.S. Department of Education 2022    

    Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship, Fitchburg State, 2021

    NIH Grant --NCCIH- 1R61AT010753  (Role: Consultant) 2019     

    Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship,   $4535,   2016

    National Research Service Award (NRSA-T32); NIH, Harvard Medical School, 2013-2015

    Francisco J. Varela Research Award,  $15,000,  2014

    Student Researcher Award, Society for Music Perception and Cognition,  2013

    Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Research Exchange, European Union, McMaster,  2011

    Fulbright Fellowship, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2010

    NSF Cognitive Science Travel Award,  2009

    Francisco J. Varela Research Award,  $15,000,  2008

    APA Dissertation Research Award,  $1,000,  2007 

    Dallenbach Fellowship for Outstanding Scholarship, Cornell University, 2007-2008

    Cornell Cognitive Science Summer Research Fellowship, 2008, 2009

    Graduate Teaching Award, Cornell University, 2007

    Cornell Graduate Executive Committee, 2007-2008

    Mind and Life Institute Research Fellow, 2007, 2008, 2012

    National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship Honorable Mentions, 2005, 2006

    Cornell University Graduate School Travel Grants,   2005, 2006, 2008

    National Merit Scholar, 1999