Lopez cv (updated 1-1-13)

Hassan Habib López

Educational Background
1995-2001: University of California at Santa Barbara Ph.D., Psychology (August 2001) Dissertation entitled, "The Biopsychology of Sexual Motivation in the Male Rat: Effects of Primary and Secondary Incentives" (advisor, Dr. Aaron Ettenberg) 1991-1995: Harvard University B.A., Psychology (magna cum laude; June 1995) Senior Honors Thesis entitled, "The Effects of Brief Social Isolation on Pain Sensitivity" (advisor, Dr. Jordan Peterson)
Professional Employment
Director, Neuroscience Program (July 1, 2011 - present) 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Associate Professor (July 1, 2005 - present; tenure granted in 2010) 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Lecturer, Full-time (July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2005) Adjunct Faculty, Part-time (Spring, Fall 2002) Research Psychobiologist (December 2001 - November 2002) National Center for PTSD, Pacific Islands Division 1132 Bishop St., Suite 307, Honolulu, HI 96813 Teaching Associate (Summer 1999, 2000, 2001) University of California Department of Psychology Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Teaching Experience (* denotes laboratory course)
Associate Professor Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Department of Psychology Neuroscience 101: Introduction to Neuroscience* Neuroscience 277: Integrative Seminar in Neuroscience First-Year Seminar 036: Love & Lust - the Biopsychology of Sexual Desire Psychology 212: Psychopharmacology of Recreational Drugs Psychology 212: Clinical Psychopharmacology Psychology 304: Physiological Psychology* Psychology 376H: Senior Research Project II Lecturer University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Department of Psychology Psychology 115: Neuropharmacology of Psychoactive Drugs Psychology 116: Conditioning and Learning Psychology 116L: Laboratory in Animal Learning* Psychology 122: Motivation Psychology 133: Psychopharmacology: Psychotherapeutic Drugs Psychology 134: Psychopharmacology: Drugs of Abuse Psychology 137: Behavioral Endocrinology Psychology 137L: Laboratory in Behavioral Endocrinology* Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI Psychology 2000: Principles of Psychology Summer Session Teaching Associate University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Department of Psychology
Publications (* denotes undergraduate author)
Brook SI*, López HH, & Saylor A (accepted pending minor revisions). Chronic cannabinoid treatment in adolescence attenuates c-Fos expression in nucleus accumbens of adult estrous females. IMPULSE. Chadwick B*, Saylor A, & López HH (2011). Adolescent cannabinoid exposure attenuates adult
female sexual motivation but does not alter adulthood CB1R expression or estrous cyclicity.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 100: 157-164.

López HH (2010). Cannabinoid-hormone interactions in the regulation of motivational processes. Hormones & Behavior, 58: 100-110. López HH, Zappia K*, Cushman C*, & Chadwick B* (2010). Acute cannabinoid administration attenuates female socio-sexual motivation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 94: 482-487. López HH, Hay AC*, Conklin PH* (2009). Attractive men induce testosterone and cortisol release in women. Hormones & Behavior, 56: 84-92. Rosen ML* & López HH (2009). Menstrual cycle shifts in attentional bias for courtship language. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30: 131-140. López HH, Webb SA*, & Nash S* (2009). Cannabinoid receptor antagonism increases female sexual motivation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 92: 17-24. López HH (2008). Prozac. In RJ Giguere (Ed.), Molecules that Matter (pp. 142-157). Saratoga Springs, NY: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. Nofrey B, Rocha B, López HH, and Ettenberg A (2008). The effects of sexual experience and estrus on male-seeking motivated behavior in the female rat. Physiology & Behavior, 95: 533-538. López HH, Wurzel G*, and Ragen B* (2007). The effect of acute bupropion on sexual motivation and behavior in the female rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 87: 369-379. Bracha HS, Ralston T, Yamashita J, Nelson G, López HH, and Cummings T (2003). Stressful experiences in children and adolescents: initial report from the PSEI-NCPV Honolulu study. Hawaii Medical Journal, 62: 53-58. Bracha HS, López HH, Flaxman NA, Lloyd-Jones JL, Bracha AS, and Ralston T (2002). Can enamel serve as a useful clinical marker of childhood stress? Hawaii Dental Journal, 33: 9-10. López HH and Ettenberg A (2002). Exposure to female rats produces differences in c-fos induction between sexually-naïve and experienced male rats. Brain Research, 947: 57-66. López HH and Ettenberg A (2002). Sexually-conditioned incentives: attenuation of motivational impact during dopamine receptor antagonism. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 72: 65-72. López HH and Ettenberg A (2001). Dopamine antagonism attenuates the unconditioned incentive value of estrous female cues. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 68: 411-416. López HH and Ettenberg A (2000). Haloperidol challenge during copulation prevents subsequent increase in male sexual motivation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 67: 387-393. López HH, Olster DH, and Ettenberg A (1999). Sexual motivation in the male rat: the role of primary incentives and copulatory experience. Hormones and Behavior, 36: 176-185.
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks (* denotes undergraduate author)
Brook SI*, Minney SM*, Forte J, and López HH (October 2012). The long-term, detrimental effects of adolescent and adult cannabinoid exposure on object memory. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. Brook SI*, López HH, and Saylor A (November 2011). The effects of chronic cannabinoid exposure during adolescence on c-fos expression in brain areas that mediate sexual motivation in adult female rats. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, D.C. Chadwick B*, Saylor A, and López HH (November 2010). Chronic cannabinoid exposure during female juvenile development attenuates adult sexual incentive motivation. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA. Zappia K*, Chadwick B*, Possidente B, and López HH (October 2009). Chronic cannabinoid exposure during juvenile development: effects on male sexual behavior & circadian rhythms. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Chicago, IL. López HH, Cushman C*, Chadwick B*, and Zappia K* (November 2008). The effect of acute and chronic cannabinoid administration on female sexual motivation. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, DC. López HH (November 2008). Undergraduate laboratory in behavioral neuroscience. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, DC. López HH, Webb SA*, and Nash S* (November 2007). The effect of a cannabinoid antagonist on sexual motivation and proceptivity in female rats. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA. Rosen ML* and López HH (June 2007). Menstrual cycle effects on attentional bias towards mate-relevant information. Poster presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA. López HH, Wurzel G*, and Ragen B* (October 2006). The effect of acute bupropion on sexual motivation and behavior in female rats. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. Nofrey B, López HH, and Ettenberg A (October 2006). Measuring the sexual motivation of female rats in an operant runway. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. López HH (June 2006). The Prozac Mystique. Invited talk given as part of Molecules that Matter symposium, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. López HH (May 2001). The biopsychology of male sexual motivation: effects of primary and secondary incentives. Invited talk given to Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. López HH and Ettenberg A (November 2000). Dopamine antagonism attenuates the unconditional incentive value of female cues. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. López HH (May 2000). The dopaminergic regulation of male sexual motivation. Invited talk at the International Behavioral Development Symposium, Minot, ND. López HH (May 2000). The biopsychology of male sexual motivation. Invited talk at Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology departmental seminar, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. López HH and Ettenberg A (August 2000). Male sexual motivation: dopaminergic regulation of primary and secondary incentives. Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Neuroendrocrinology annual meeting, Madrid, Spain. López HH, Olster DH, and Ettenberg A (November 1998). The effects of sexual experience upon sexual motivation in the male rat. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA. López HH (June 1997). Social and sexual motivation in the male rat. Invited talk at the annual UCSB NRI Symposium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. López HH (May 1997). Social and sexual motivation in the male rat. Invited talk at the annual UCSB Psychology Department Mini-Convention, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. López HH, Olster DH, and Ettenberg A (November 1996). Social and sexual motivation in the male rat. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, D.C. Faculty Development Grant Skidmore College, May 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012 "Detrimental effects of adolescent cannabinoid exposure on brain function linked to female reproductive behavior." Amount awarded: $1800 Faculty Development Grant Skidmore College, November 22, 2010 -August 31, 2011 "The pharmacology of fear" Amount awarded: $1800 Faculty Development Grant Skidmore College, June 1-December 31, 2009 "The effect of juvenile cannabinoid exposure on female sexual motivation & estrous cyclicity" Amount awarded: $1500 Faculty/Student Summer Collaborative Research Grant "The effect of acute and chronic cannabinoid administration on female sexual motivation" Collaborators: Cushman C (NS/PS '09) and Chadwick B (NS/PS '10) Amount awarded: $4200 + student support (room & board + stipend) Faculty/Student Summer Collaborative Research Grant "The role of endogenous cannabinoids in female sexual motivation" Collaborators: Webb S (NS '08) and Nash S (NS '08) Amount awarded: $3750 + student support (room & board + stipend) Faculty/Student Summer Collaborative Research Grant "Neurochemical regulation of female sexual motivation" Collaborators: Wurzel G (NS '07) and Ragen B (NS '08) Amount awarded: $3750 + student support (room & board + stipend) Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Outstanding Educator, awarded by Residence Halls Association & Office of Residential Life, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003-2004. Ford Foundation Minority Doctoral Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-2001. National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996-1999. Towbes Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995-2001. University of California Regents Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995, 2000. John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Harvard University, 1993-1995.
Professional Affiliations
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), Skidmore faculty representative Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) Ad Hoc Reviewer

Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior

Academic Committees (Skidmore College)
Neuroscience Program Steering Committee (2005-present; Director, 2011-present) Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC; 2005-2012) Institutional Resources Committee (Fall 2006) Science Working Group (Spring 2008) Science Planning Group (Fall 2011) Honor's Forum Council (2009-2012) Psychology Department Colloquium Committee (2005-2007) Psychology Department Budget Committee (2007-2008, 2009-2010) Psychology Department Participant Review Board (PRB; Spring 2009) Psychology Department Assessment Committee (2010-2012) Psychology Department Search Committee (2012-2013)
Other Service Positions

Chemical Hygiene Officer, Department of Psychology (2007-present)

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