Main Focus
My research focuses on understanding individual differences in cognitive aging, their relationship with age-related changes in the brain, and the effect of vascular and metabolic risk factors on the trajectories of aging. I collaborate extensively with my colleagues and alumni of MPIB on longitudinal modeling and reliability evaluation of MRI data.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1979‑1985 Ph.D. Department of Psychology,
University of Texas at Austin.
1976‑1979 B.A., Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Professional Experience
1985 – 1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Health Sciences / Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL.
1989 – 1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
Memphis State University, Memphis, TN.
1991 – 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), Memphis, TN.
1999 – 2001 Professor, Department of Psychology, University
of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
1999 - 2000 Visiting Scientist, Neurobiology, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
2001 - 2022 Professor, Department of Psychology and Director for
Life-Span Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI.
2006 - 2016 Visiting
Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
2010 - 2022 Training
faculty, Translational Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine, Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI.
2011 - 2022 Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
2022 -
current Professor,
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.