Neuroscientist; Anxiety Researcher; Director, Emotion Regulation Lab; Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Hunter College of the City University of New York, who conducts NIH-funded studies of the neural bases of teen anxiety, youth risk for suicide, the impact of technology on social-emotional well-being, and novel digital therapeutics for mental health; Consutant for the NYC Department of Education; Advisor to the digital wellness organization National Day of Unplugging; Author, Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) (2022); Co-Author, "Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms From Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022, Journal of Research of Adolescence)