ABOUT ME
Nicholas holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and has extensive training in Cognitive Neuroscience and Mindfulness/Meditation. Nicholas grew up in Brookfield, WI (USA) and attended Elm Grove Lutheran (primary) and Milwaukee Lutheran (secondary) as a child. He completed a B.S. in Neurobiology and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He subsequently enrolled in medical school at the Chicago College of Osteopathic medicine prior to realizing that medicine was snot he right career match for him. He went on to complete an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY and did a Pre-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Yale University. He did several post-doctoral fellowships (at New York University School of Medicine; Nathan Kline Institute / Child Mind Institute; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) prior to joining the faculty in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne in 2017.
Nicholas has interests in Mindfulness and Meditation, Anxiety, Depression, Decision-making, fMRI, Psychometrics, and Assessment.
EDUCATION
APPOINTMENTS
2007 - 2013
PhD in Clinical Psychology
University at Albany, State University of New York
2012 - 2013
Fellowship in Clinical Psychology
Yale University School of Medicine
2007 - 2009
M.A. in Clinical Psychology
University at Albany, State University of New York
2001 - 2005
B.S. in Neurobiology and Psychology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
2017 - 2018
Research Fellow in Psychological Sciences
University of Melbourne
2017 - 2020
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2015 - 2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2014 - 2015
Research Scientist
Nathan Kline Institute / Child Mind Institute
2013 - 2014
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
2018 -
Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences
University of Melbourne