Jeff Thompson, Ph.D., serves as an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and as an Instructor at Lipscomb University College of Leadership & Public Service. Thompson is also a certified Psychological Autopsy Investigator through the American Association of Suicidology and has experience as a Detective with the NYPD, as well as a Mediator with the New York Peace Institute. Educationally, Thompson earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Mediation and Nonverbal Communication from Griffith University and completed a Research Scholar program in Law and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University School of Law.