Kimberlee D'Ardenne

Kimberlee D'Ardenne works in ASU's Decision Neuroscience Lab, where she focuses on studying the brainstem dopamine system in humans with non-invasive neuroimaging methods such as high-resolution functional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging.

Kim graduated from Davidson College with a degree in chemistry and earned her doctorate from Princeton University in chemistry and neuroscience. Her postdoctoral work at Baylor College of Medicine and Virginia Tech was funded through a National Research Service Award from NIDA.

Kim also writes about science happening in the ASU Department of Psychology. She is a BELS-certified editor in the life sciences and a member of the National Association of Science Writers.