Nina Lichtenberg

Nina Lichtenberg's Background

Nina Lichtenberg's Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Maryland Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

June 2011 - May 2012

Social interactions in children and adults, autism, fMRI, joint attention, theory of mind, the role of communicative context

Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Maryland Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab

August 2010 - May 2011

Decision-making, reward expectation, violation of expectation, drug addiction, rat electrophysiology, voltammetry

Intern at Parkinson's Action Network (PAN)

June 2010 - August 2010

Represented members of PAN at congressional meetings on Capitol Hill concerning health care and NIH funding (bill amendments, mark-ups, hearings, etc.)

Research Assistant at University of Maryland Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab

June 2012

Examining neural underpinnings of attention, motivation, impulsivity, drug addiction, and observational learning in the rat Utilizing fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) in combination with a variety of behavioral and pharmacological techniques to investigate how dopamine neurotransmission correlates with reward seeking behavior in the freely moving rat

Nina Lichtenberg's Education

University of Maryland College Park

2008 – 2012

B.S.