Susan Schenk | |
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Born | 1954 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canada/New Zealand |
Alma mater | Concordia University |
Awards | Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physical and chemical aspects of drug abuse |
Institutions | Texas A&M University Victoria University of Wellington |
Thesis | |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Shizgal |
Susan Schenk, sometimes Lovell-Schenk, (born 1954) is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington. [1]
After a 1982 PhD titled The substrate for prefrontal cortical self-stimulation: a psychophysical investigation at Concordia University, Schenk completed an NSERC funded post/doctoral position with Peter Milner at McGill University. She then moved to Texas A&M University where she moved through the ranks from assistant professor to professor. In 2001 she moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, as a full professor. [1]
Most of her research relates to the physical and chemical aspects of drug abuse. [2] [3] [4]