Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Biopsychology GraduateStudent

email: edjack@umich.edu

General Research Description:
My main interests are in the neural substrates of reward and motivation, the evolution of resource allocation strategies, and the application of complex systems research and methodology to human and animal behavior.

Current Projects
1) Role of the BNST in reward and desire
2) The evolution of optimal investment strategies
 
Techniques
Intracranial microinjection of pharmacological agents,
behavioral analysis, stereotaxic surgery, food intake testing,
autoshaping testing, histology. I have also utilized agent-based
modeling in C++ and Java, through the UM Center for the Study of
Complex Systems.