Institution
Degree Year
Field of Study
Suffolk County CC, S.U.N.Y.
A.S. 1971
Science
Stony Brook, S.U.N.Y.
B.A. 1972
Psychology
Queens College, C.U.N.Y.
M.A. 1976
Neuropsychology
City University of N.Y.
Ph.D. 1983
Neuropsychology
Albert Einstein Coll. Med.
PostDoc 1984-1987
Neuroscience
Teaching and Research Appointments
1971-1972 Lab Assistant,
SUNY Stony Brook (S.Rosen/J.Stamm)
1973-1980 Adjunct Lecturer,
Dept Psychology, Queens College
1975-1981 Grant Assistant, Queens
College (G.Hakerem and J.Kirman)
1981-1983 Scientific Programmer,
Dept. Sexual Behavior, NYSPI (G.Abel)
1982-1984 Scientific Programmer,
Dept. Psychophysiology, NYSPI (G.Bruder/S.Sutton)
1984-1987 Research Trainee,
Albert Einstein Coll. Med. (J.Arezzo/H.Vaughan)
1987-1988 Research Associate,
Albert Einstein Coll. Med.
1988-1990 Research Scientist,
Dept. Sexual Behavior, NYSPI (J.Becker)
1988-present Research Scientist, Dept. Biopsychology,
NYSPI
Awards and Professional Activities
Community Scholarship (1968-1969); NYS Regents Scholarship (1968-1972); RPI
Scholarship (1968-1969); B.A. Summa Cum Laude(1972)
Research Traineeship Albert Einstein Coll. Med. (1984-1987); NYSPI Schizophrenia Research Award (1991-1993)
Associate Editor (2008- ) and Editorial Board (2003-2008) Clinical Neurophysiology ; Grant Review for Stanley Medical Research Institute (2006)
ad hoc reviewer for various journals, including Clinical Neurophysiology; Psychophysiology; Biological Psychiatry;
Journal of Neuroscience;
Brain; Brain Research; Journal of Affective Disorders;
Medical Engineering & Physics;
International Journal of Psychophysiology; Neuroimage; IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering;
Neuropsychobiology; International Journal of Neuroscience; Biological Psychology; Journal of Psychopharmacology; European Neuropsychopharmacology
Fellowships and Grants
1975-1981 Tactile perception study (PI: Dr. Kirman)
Dept. Psychology, Queens College, CUNY
Role: grant assistant
1981-1983 Study of adult sex offenders (PI: Dr. Abel)
Sexual Behavior Clinic, NYSPI
Role: computer programmer
1982-1984 Behavioral, ERP and EEG Asymmetry in Affective Disorders (MH36295, PI: Bruder)
Dept. Psychophysiology, NYSPI
Role: computer programmer
1984-1987 Post-Doctoral Traineeship, under Drs. Vaughan and Arezzo
Dept Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Role: Post-Doctoral Trainee
1987-1988 ERP generators via intracranial recordings in macaques (MH06723 ,PI: Arezzo)
Dept Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Role: Research Associate
1988-1990 Study of Juvenile sex offenders (PI: Dr. Becker)
Sexual Behavior Clinic, NYS Psychiatric Institute
Role: Research Scientist
1990-1997 Endogenous ERPs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (PI: Towey)
Dept. Biopsychology, NYSPI
Role: Research Scientist
1991-1993 Departmental Schizophrenia Research Fund Award (Recipient: Tenke)
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
This award produced the pilot study leading to MH50715 (PI: Bruder)
1998-2001 Emotion and Mood Disorders: ERP/EEG and EDA Asymmetries (MH058346, PI Kayser)
Dept. Biopsychology, NYSPI
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
1998-2000 Rehabilitation of Prospective Memory Deficits in Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (PI Raskin)
Dept. Psychology, Trinity College, Ct
Role: Research Scientist, ERP consultant
1999-2002 Shared Equipment Grant Geodesic Sensor Net EEG system (1S10RR11460-01A2, PI: Bruder)
Dept. Biopsychology, NYSPI
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
1988-present Behavioral, ERP and EEG Asymmetry in Affective Disorders (MH36295, PI: Bruder)
Dept. Biopsychology, NYS Psych.Inst
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
1995-present Brain ERPs and Cognitive Demand in Schizophrenia (MH50715, PI: Bruder)
Dept. Biopsychology, NYS Psych.Inst
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
1999-present EEG in Children at High and Low Risk for Depression (MH36197, PI: Weissman)
Dept. Psychiatry, Columbia University
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
1999-present Temperamental Low PE in Preschoolers and Depression Risk (MH069942, PI: Klein )
Dept. Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook
Role: Research Scientist, EEG Consultant
2002-2009 Olfactory and Social Function in Schizophrenia (MH066428, PI: Malaspina)
Dept. Medical Genetics, NYS Psych. Inst.
Role: Research Scientist, co-investigator
2008-2010 Olfaction and Emotion in Depression: Behavioral, electrodermal and ERP Measures (MH082393; PI: Kayser)
Div. Cognitive Neuroscience, NYSPI
Role: Co-Investigator
2008-present Understanding the Role of Belief in the Resilience of Families at Risk for Depression: Religion, Brain Structure, Function, Genetics
(Templeton Foundation; PI: Weissman)
Role: Advisory Board
2011-present Biosignatures of treatment remission in major depression (MH092250; PI: Weissman, Parsey, McGrath)
Dept Psychiatry NYSPI
2011-present Time-Frequency Measures for Predicting Response to Antidepressants (R03 MH094356; PI: Bruder, Tenke)
Div. Cognitive Neuroscience, NYSPI
Role: Principal Investigator