Research Interests
- Emotion, motivation, romantic love
- Cognition, attention, memory
- Brain, event-related potentials (ERPs), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Teaching
- PSYCH 2201 Psychological Statistics
- PSYCH 4349 Human Learning and Memory
- PSYCH 4350 Emotions and the Brain
- PSYCH 5468 Seminar: Cognitive and Affective Processes
- PSYCH 3390 Directed Studies
- PSYCH 7483 Directed Research
- PSYCH 7484 Directed Reading
- PSYCH 7491 MA Thesis Research
- PSYCH 7492 PhD Thesis Research
- Certificate in Neuroscience
Education
| 2010 | Ph.D. in Biological and Cognitive Psychology Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2005 | M.Sc. in Biological Psychology / Neuropsychology (cum laude) Maastricht University, The Netherlands |
| 2002 | Propaedeutic degree in Psychology Maastricht University, The Netherlands |
Academic Positions
| 2021-present | Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Director of Neurocognition of Emotion and Motivation (NEM) Lab Member of Center for Neurodynamics Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, MO, US |
| 2014-2021 | Assistant Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, MO, US |
| 2011-2014 | Postdoctoral Research Associate Cognition and Emotion Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, US Principal investigator: Professor Luiz Pessoa |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoctoral Research Associate Generation R, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Principal investigators: Dr. Tonya J.H. White & Dr. Henning Tiemeier |
| 2009-2010 | Assistant Professor in Brain & Cognition Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2006-2009 | Ph.D. Student in Biological and Cognitive Psychology Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Advisor: Prof. dr. Jan W. van Strien |
| 2005 | Visiting Researcher School of Psychology, Bangor University, Wales, UK Principal investigator: Professor David E.J. Linden |
Grants
College of Arts and Sciences, UMSL Undergraduate Research Award to undergraduate student Jazlen Rice Love & addiction in the brain Amount awarded: $1,000 Role: Mentor of undergraduate awardee Spring 2020
University of Missouri Research Board (UMRB) A comparison of love regulation and emotion regulation Amount awarded: $48,229 Role: PI Spring 2017
College of Arts and Sciences, UMSL Research Award Floor and ceiling effects in the up- and down-regulation of emotions Amount awarded: $12,400 Role: PI Fall 2014
Service
Administrative Positions
- Associate Department Chair 2021-present
Committee Member
- Treasurer of St. Louis Chapter of Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
- 2017 & 2018 Program Committee of the Society for Affective Science (SAS)
- Undergraduate Research Award Committee, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Grant Reviewer
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- University of Missouri Research Board
- Graduate Women in Science
Editorial Board Member
- Cognition & Emotion (Consulting Editor) 2017-present
- Affective Science (Consulting Editor) 2021-present
- Frontiers Psychology (Guest Editor) 2021
- Emotion (Consulting Editor) 2015-2017
- SAGE Open (Article Editor) 2016
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer
- Affective Science
- Behavioural Brain Research
- Biological Psychology
- Brain & Cognition
- Brain Research
- Brain Topography
- Cognition & Emotion
- Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience
- Cross Cultural Research
- Emotion
- Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Heliyon
- Human Brain Mapping
- International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
- International Journal of Psychophysiology
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Journal of Neurophysiology
- Journal of Neuroscience
- Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
- Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
- Neurobiology of Aging
- NeuroImage
- Neuron
- Neuropsychologia
- Neuropsychology
- Neuroscience Letters
- Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
- Physiology & Behavior
- PLOS ONE
- Psychiatry Research
- Psychology and Aging
- Psychophysiology
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Scientific Report
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
- Social Neuroscience
- The Journal of Sex Research