Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program Education Education: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Florida International University, Miami FL Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Grinnell College, Grinnell IA Research Research Interests: My research examines the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the development, escalation, and perpetuation of substance use and other motivated health behaviors. My work uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and ecological behavior tracking to study both acute fluctuations and long-term developmental changes in brain systems involved in reward sensitivity, executive function, and interoceptive processing. Other Information Of note: Jessica is recruiting graduate students to join her lab this year.
