Federico Sanabria
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Phone: 480-965-4687
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PSYCHOLOGY BUILDING TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1104Campus: Tempe
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Federico Sanabria received his professional degree in psychology from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), and his master's and doctorate in experimental psychology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, under the mentorship of Dr. Howard Rachlin (animal models of choice and self-control). He joined Arizona State University in 2004 as a postdoctoral research associate, under the mentorship of Dr. Peter R. Killeen (quantitative models of motivated behavior; animal models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and Dr. Janet L. Neisewander (psychopharmacology, with an emphasis on nicotine). In 2008, he joined the Department of Psychology as Assistant Professor.
Dr. Sanabria is currently President of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQAB) and Treasurer of the International Society of Comparative Psychology (ISCP), of which he was President. He served in the Board of Directors of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB) and as Program Board Coordinator for the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). He also served as Associate Editor for Learning & Behavior and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
Most updated CV is available here.
- Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook 2004
- M.A. SUNY at Stony Brook 2002
- Professional degree. Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 1996
My research program is focused on fundamental cognitive and behavioral processes involved in animal learning and motivation. These processes are highly conserved phenotypes involved in various psychopathologies, from substance dependence to anxiety disorders. I seek to understand these processes through the development of computational models of motivated behavior. To validate these models, I rely on high-throughput behavioral assays implemented in laboratory animals. An important component of my research involves the design and validation of these assays.
For a full, updated list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile.
Ongoing
- 1/2022 – 12/2024 PI: Federico Sanabria (50%), Takao Sasaki (University of Georgia, 50%). Empirical and theoretical investigation of associative learning in groups of animals. NSF (2118012). Total direct costs: $506,874.
Completed
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5/2021 – 5/2022 PI: Federico Sanabria (100%). Mechanisms Mediating the Effect of Adolescent Social Stress on Alcohol Preferences: Analysis of Behavioral Self-Regulation. Institute for Social Science Research. Total direct costs: $7,052.
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7/2017 – 5/2021 PI: Jason Newbern (70%). Co-I: Federico Sanabria (15%), Heather Bimonte-Nelson (15%). Functions of ERK/MAPK signaling in GABAergic circuit development. NIH (R01NS097537). Total direct costs: $1,247,099.
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9/2018 – 8/2020 PI: Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt (100%). Consultants: Julie Marusich (0%), Joshua Beckmann (0%), Federico Sanabria (0%). Glutamatergic mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction and relapse following nicotine reduction. NIH (R03DA045881). Total direct costs: $100,000.
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6/2018 – 5/2020 PI: Federico Sanabria (70%). Co-I: Cheryl Conrad (30%). Sustained threat and interval timing. Submitted to NIH (R03MH115245). Total direct costs: $100,000.
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8/2017 – 7/2018 PI: Brian H. Smith, Federico Sanabria, Richard C. Gerkin, Salvatore Oddo. Odor detection and classification in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Sponsor: Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium. Total direct costs: $47,780.
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4/2012 – 1/2016 PI: Federico Sanabria (100%). Analysis of instrumental overactivity in an animal model of ADHD. Sponsor: NIMH (R03MH094562). Total direct costs: $100,000.
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1/2013 – 6/2014 PI: Federico Sanabria (50%), M. Foster Olive (50%). Responsiveness to nicotine in an animal model of ADHD. Seed Funding from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Total direct costs: $50,000.
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9/2011 – 4/2013 PI: Federico Sanabria (100%). Nicotine and impulsivity in an animal model of ADHD. Sponsor: NIDA (R03DA032632). Total direct costs: $75,000.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 790 | Reading and Conference |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 590 | Reading and Conference |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 591 | Seminar |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 790 | Reading and Conference |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 591 | Seminar |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 590 | Reading and Conference |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 512 | Advanced Learning |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 420 | Analysis of Behavior |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 591 | Seminar |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 790 | Reading and Conference |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 420 | Analysis of Behavior |
Associate Editor
2015 – 2019 Learning & Behavior (Psychonomic Society Journal)
2014 – 2017 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Guest Editor
2024 – 2025 Perspectives on Behavior Science: Sp. Issue SQAB 2024 (co-edited with Amy Odum)
2023 – 2024 Perspectives on Behavior Science: Sp. Issue SQAB 2023 (co-edited with Christopher Podlesnik)
2022 – 2023 Behavioural Processes: Sp. Issue SQAB 2022 (co-edited with Andrew Craig and Elizabeth Kyonka)
2021 – 2022 Behavioral Neuroscience: Sp. Issue Timing, Neural Timescales, and Temporal Cognition (co-edited with Alicia Izquierdo and Angela Langdon)
2021 – 2022 Behavioural Processes: Sp. Issue SQAB 2021 (co-edited with Suzanne Mitchell, Shrinidhi Subramaniam, and Andrew Craig)
2018 – 2019 Behavioural Processes: Sp. Issue SQAB 2018 (co-edited with Christopher Podlesnik and Suzanne Mitchell)
2017 – 2018 Behavioural Processes: Sp. Issue SQAB 2017 (co-edited with Christopher Podlesnik)
2016 – 2017 Behavioural Processes: Sp. Issue SQAB 2016 (co-edited with Christopher Podlesnik)
Editorial Boards and Committees
2022 – present Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience – Review Editor for Motivation and Reward
2021 – present Behavioral Neuroscience – Consulting Editor
2019 – present Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
2019 – present Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
2016 – present Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta
2013 – present Acta Comportamentalia (Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico)
2013 – present Revista de Psicología (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
2012 – 2014 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
2011 – present Revista Colombiana de Psicología (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) –Scientific Committee
2010 – present Frontiers in Comparative Psychology – Review Editor
2008 – present Diversitas: Perspectivas en Psicología (Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, Colombia)
2008 – present Universitas Psychologica (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia)
2008 – present Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología (Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Animal Cognition
Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
Behavioral and Brain Functions
Behavioural Brain Research
Behavioural Processes*
Biological Psychiatry
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
Epilepsy & Behavior
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Frontiers in Psychology
IEEE Transactions in Neural Networks
International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Mathematical Psychology
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Neuropsychopharmacology
Pensamiento Psicológico
Physiology & Behavior
PLoS ONE
Psychological Review
Psychological Science
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Psychopharmacology
Scientific Reports
*Top Reviewer 2009, Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing 2012, 2013.
2011 – present National Hispanic Science Network
2011 – 2012 Comparative Cognition Society
2009 – present Society for Neuroscience
2008 – present Sigma Xi
2008 – present International Society for Comparative Psychology
2004 – present Psychonomic Society, Fellow
2004 – 2013 Association for Psychological Science
1999 – present Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
1999 – present Association for Behavior Analysis International
1997 – present American Psychological Association