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Aaron Ettenberg received his doctorate in Psychopharmacology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in1980. With support from the Medical Research Council of Canada, he subsequently completed two-years of post-doctoral training in Dr. Floyd Bloom’s Behavioral Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute in LA Jolla, California, working under the mentorship of Dr. George Koob. Professor Ettenberg came to UCSB in the summer of 1982 where he established the Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory in the Department of Psychology. He is an active member of the Neuroscience & Behavior graduate training program and has served as the Vice Chair and Chair of the Department of Psychology, as well as an Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies, the Acting Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and most recently the Acting Provost of the College of Letters & Science. Professor Ettenberg has over 200 published papers, chapters and abstracts on the neurobiology of reinforcement and motivation with particular interest in the neural basis of drug abuse. Professor Ettenberg includes among his professional honors election as a Fellow to both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, recipient of the annual Harold J. Plous Award as Outstanding Assistant Professor at UCSB and the UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award in the Sciences. Contact Information
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