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Curriculum Vitae David Nguyen

Contact Information

University of Michigan Department of Psychology 4261 East Hall (530 Church St.) Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States Phone: (734) 882-1232 Email: [email protected]

Education

2013 – 2018 Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology , Toronto, , Advisors: Suzanne Erb, Rutsuko Ito

2012 – 2013 Master of Arts, Psychology University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Advisors: Suzanne Erb, Rutsuko Ito

2006 – 2011 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States Cum laude, Departmental Honors Advisors: Michele Parkhill, Keith Williams

Academic Appointments

2019 – present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

2018 – 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Academic Honors

2019 NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant, University of Michigan

2017 Pratt Scholarship in Psychology, University of Toronto

2012 – 2017 University of Toronto Fellowship, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto

2011 Recognized at the Psi Chi induction ceremony for “completion of an undergraduate senior thesis and outstanding achievements in research and Nguyen 2

undergraduate mentoring”, Department of Psychology, Oakland University

Research Interests______

My research investigates the neural bases of incentive salience. current projects utilize an optogenetic approach to study the roles of D1 and D2 receptor-expressing neuronal populations in the nucleus accumbens and central amygdala in regulating incentive ‘wanting’ towards both reward stimuli and stimuli that do not necessarily elicit a positive hedonic experience. My research further seeks to understand how these ‘wanting’ systems may be involved in maladaptive states such as drug addiction.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Nguyen, D., Alushaj, E., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2019). Dissociative effects of dorsomedial striatum D1 and D2 receptor antagonism in the regulation of anxiety and learned approach- avoidance conflict decision-making. Neuropharmacology, 146, 222–230. doi: 10.1016/J.NEUROPHARM.2018.11.040

Nguyen, D., Nesarajah, Y., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2018). Repeated cocaine exposure attenuates the desire to actively avoid: A novel active avoidance runway task. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(108), 1–11. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00108

Nguyen, D., Fugariu, V., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2018). Dissociable roles of the nucleus accumbens D1 and D2 receptors in regulating cue-elicited approach-avoidance conflict decision- making. Psychopharmacology, 235(8), 2233–2244. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-4919-3

Barbaro, N., Parkhill, M. R., & Nguyen, D. (2016). Anxious and hostile: consequences of anxious adult attachment in predicting male perpetrated sexual assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(13), 2098-2117. doi:10.1177/0886260515622301

Pickett, S. M., Parkhill, M. R., Aho, K. M., & Nguyen, D. (2016). The impact of individual difference factors on men’s competitive intent with a female confederate following social stress: a precursor for aggression. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 25(1), 25-43. doi: 10.1177/1060826516636085

Nguyen, D., Schumacher, A., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2015). Aberrant approach-avoidance conflict resolution following repeated cocaine pre-exposure. Psychopharmacology, 232(19), 3573-83. doi: 10.1007/s00213-015-4006-y

Nguyen, D., & Parkhill, M. R. (2014). Integrating attachment and depression in the confluence model of sexual assault perpetration. Violence Against Women, 20(8), 994-1011. doi: 10.1177/1077801214546233

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Professional Presentations

Nguyen, D. (2019, March). Investigating the effects of repeated cocaine exposure and striatal D1 and D2 receptor antagonism on reward, aversion, and approach-avoidance conflict resolution. Talk delivered at the Synapse Seminar Series at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON.

Nguyen, D., Nesarajah, Y., Erb, S., Ito, R. (2018, July). Repeated cocaine exposure attenuates the motivation to actively avoid: a novel active avoidance runway task. Poster presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies annual meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Nguyen, D., Alushaj, E., Erb, S., Ito, R. (2017, May). Dorsomedial striatum D1 and D2 receptors have opposing roles in approach-avoidance conflict decision-making. Poster presented at the Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, , QC.

Nguyen, D., Nesarajah, Y., Erb, S., Ito, R. (2016, November). Cocaine pre-exposure enhances negative incentive motivation in a novel mixed-valence approach-avoidance conflict task. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, , CA.

Nguyen, D., Fugariu, V., & Ito, R. (2016, May). Opposing effects of nucleus accumbens shell D1 and D2 receptor antagonism in approach-avoidance conflict resolution. Poster presented at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, Toronto, ON.

Nguyen, D., Fugariu, V., & Ito, R. (2015, October). Approach-avoidance processing: the role of nucleus accumbens shell D1 and D2 receptors in conflict resolution. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, , IL.

Parkhill, M.R., Kirwan, M., Schuetz, B., & Nguyen, D. (2015, June). The effects of acute alcohol intoxication and perception of sex-related risks on responses to a hypothetical sexual assault scenario: A test of the Cognitive Mediation Model in men. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX.

Nguyen, D., Fugariu, V., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2015, May). Approach-avoidance conflict resolution: the role of D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell. Poster presented at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, , BC.

Nguyen, D., Erb, S., & Ito, R. (2014, November). Cocaine pre-exposure induces a in balance of motivational control over behavior in approach-avoidance conflict paradigms. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Nguyen, D., Erb, S, & Ito, R. (2013, November). Chronic cocaine administration in rats facilitates reward-seeking behavior in an approach-avoidance conflict model. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

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Nguyen, D., & Parkhill, M. R. (2011, November). Integrating attachment insecurity and depression into the confluence model of sexual assault perpetration. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, , TX.

Nguyen, D., & Parkhill, M. R. (2011, May). The role of attachment insecurity and depression in sexual aggression. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the Minds Research Symposium, Rochester, MI.

Research Experience

2019 – present Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Advisor: Kent Berridge, Ph.D. Description: Projects utilizing optogenetic techniques to investigate D1 and D2 receptor-expressing neuronal populations in the nucleus accumbens and central amygdala and their involvement in the regulation of incentive salience.

2018 – 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Advisor: Rutsuko Ito, Ph.D. Description: Project utilizing fiber photometry and optogenetic techniques to investigate the roles of ventral hippocampus projections to medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens in approach-avoidance conflict decision-making.

2014 – 2016 Graduate Student Researcher (Outside Project), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Advisor: Blake Richards, Ph.D. Description: Project utilizing retrograde tracing and whole cell patch clamp to investigate the electrophysiological properties of nucleus accumbens neurons that project to the ventral pallidum.

2012 – 2018 Graduate Student Researcher, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Advisors: Suzanne Erb, Ph.D., Rutsuko Ito, Ph.D. Description: Ph.D. thesis projects investigating the neural basis of basic motivational processes that guide appetitive and avoidance behaviors. The effects of cocaine exposure and intracerebral striatal dopamine receptor antagonism were specifically investigated.

2011 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States Advisor: Keith Williams, Ph.D. Description: Project utilized a cue-exposure rat model to examine the interaction of systemically administered drugs that alter memory (i.e., yohimbine, propranolol) and cue-extinction session duration. Nguyen 5

2009 – 2012 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States Advisor: Michele Parkhill, Ph.D. Description: Projects utilized survey methodologies to examine the influence of factors such as alcohol intoxication, aggression, attachment, depression, and childhood experiences in sexual assault perpetration.

Teaching Experience

2015 September Guest Lecture, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Description: Delivered a guest lecture on the topic of “Basic and Cutting Techniques in Cellular Neuroscience” for Dr. Rutsuko Ito’s Synaptic Organization of the Brain course

2012 – 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Courses: Brain and Behavior, Diseases of the Mind and Brain, Drugs and the Brain, Introduction to Psychology, Learning and Motivation, Memory and Cognition, Neuroscience laboratory, Physiological Psychology, Research Methods, and Synaptic Organization of the Brain

2010 – 2011 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States Course: Introduction to Research Design

2010 – 2011 Peer Tutor, Oakland University Academic Skills Center, Rochester, Michigan, United States Description: Provided tutoring for students enrolled in Foundations of Contemporary Psychology, Introduction to Research Design, and Statistics and Research Design undergraduate psychology courses.

Volunteering/Outreach/Leadership Activities

2015 – 2016 Local Animal Care Committee, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Description: Graduate student committee member. Reviewed protocols for university animal research to ensure that ethical guidelines are followed.

Professional Affiliations

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies 2018 – present

Canadian Association for 2015 – 2017 Nguyen 6

Neuroscience

Society for Neuroscience 2013 – present

Psi Chi 2010 – present

Funding Sources

UTSC Graduate Student Travel Grant Source: University of Toronto Scarborough, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research Amount: $400 Funding date: July, 2018 Purpose: Attendance of Federation of European Neuroscience Societies annual meeting, Berlin, Germany

UTSC Graduate Student Travel Grant Source: University of Toronto Scarborough, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research Amount: $400 Funding date: May, 2017 Purpose: Attendance of Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, Montreal, QC.

UTSC Graduate Student Travel Grant Source: University of Toronto Scarborough, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research Amount: $400 Funding date: November, 2016 Purpose: Attendance of Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

UTSC Graduate Student Travel Grant Source: University of Toronto Scarborough, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research Amount: $400 Funding date: November, 2015 Purpose: Attendance of Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

CAN Travel Award Source: Canadian Association for Neuroscience Amount: $500 Funding date: May, 2015 Purpose: Attendance of Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Student Conference Travel Grant Source: University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Amount: $350 Funding date: November, 2014 Purpose: Attendance of Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, DC.

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SGS Conference Grant Source: University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies Amount: $400 Funding date: November 26, 2013 Purpose: Attendance of Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Undergraduate Psychology Student Research Endowment Award Source: Oakland University, Department of Psychology Amount: $500 Funding dates: November 17, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Project: “Integrating Attachment and Depression in the Confluence Model of Sexual Assault Perpetration”

Referees

Rutsuko Ito, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology Department of Psychology University of Toronto Scarborough Science Wing, Room 627 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 1A4 (416) 208-2907 [email protected]

Suzanne Erb, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology, Chair Department of Psychology University of Toronto Scarborough Science Wing, Room 427H 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 1A4 (416) 287-7400 [email protected]