Thomas Gould

Thomas Gould currently serves as the Jean Phillips Shibley Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Department Head at Penn State University, in addition to holding the position of Associate Director at the Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research and serving as President of the Penn State Department Leadership Council. Gould has been a Senior Editor for Neuropharmacology at Elsevier Science since November 2013 and is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. In January 2023, Gould assumed the role of President of the Psychopharmacology and Substance Use Division (Div 28) of the American Psychological Association. Previously, Gould was a Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Program at Temple University from August 2000 to June 2016 and served as President of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco from March 2014 to February 2015. Educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Psychology from Indiana University Bloomington and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.