Honors and Awards
- 2010: Cover Illustration, Neuroscience (volume 169, issue 2).
- 2008: Recommendation by Faculty of 1000 Biology.
- 2008: International Narcotics Research Conference Young Investigator Award.
- 2005 – 2008: National Research Service Fellow, NIDA, Postdoctoral Fellow.
- 2002: Washington State University Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program Grant.
- 1998: Teaching Award, Cameron University.
- 1994: Lousiana State University Neuroscience Center of Excellence – Best Presentation.