Derick Lindquist

Background

About Derick Lindquist

I earned a B.A. in Psychology from Weber State University (UT, USA) in 1995. In 1998, I joined Yale University (CT, USA) as a Psychology graduate student, studying Behavioral Neuroscience. Following receipt of my Ph.D. in 2004, I served as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at Indiana University and the University of Kansas, respectively.During this period, I studied how neurons and synapses are modified when new memories are encoded, stored, and retrieved in rodents. I used various types of classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning, a type of associative learning, to differentially activate specific brain regions. The goal was to relate learning-dependent changes in the brain to ongoing and future behavior.I subsequently joined the Psychology department at The Ohio State University. My research focused on the harmful effects of early-life ethanol exposure in rodents, modeling fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in humans. This worked informed our basic understanding of FASD and provided new ideas regarding its etiology and treatment.In 2018 and 2019, I taught summer courses in China, stimulating an interest to see the world. I moved to India and joined O.P. Jindal Global University in 2019 as an Associate Professor in the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities. In 2021, I was elevated to Professor and tasked with developing the Jindal School of Psychology & Counselling. The same year I was made founding Dean of the new school.I am Director of E-Cog: The Emotion & Cognition Psychology Research Centre at JGU. The Centre explores emotion, cognition, and their interaction. I have published more than 25 research and review articles in internationally recognized journals, as well many book chapters.Over the course of my career I have developed and taught many introductory and advanced courses related to Psychology and Neuroscience. In 2016, I was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award at The Ohio State University. In addition to teaching, I have mentored dozens of undergraduate students and several graduate students.Regardless of the venue or audience, I have a genuine passion for teaching and mentoring students.