{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-17T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:55:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/files\/2026\/09\/Headshot-2025-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" style=\"width:233px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/files\/2026\/09\/Headshot-2025-cropped.jpg 400w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/files\/2026\/09\/Headshot-2025-cropped-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jonathan J. Chow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Professor<br>Psychology &#8211; Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**<strong>TAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR FALL 2027<\/strong>**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research interests<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My research focuses on understanding the neurobehavioral mechanisms that govern decision-making as it relates to substance use disorder. Currently, my work examines how opioid exposure and dependence affect relative valuation processes for drugs versus non-drug rewards (e.g., food, social interaction). I also maintain an interest in developing\/refining novel methods to probe understudied behavioral processes central to addiction (e.g., active avoidance of opioid withdrawal and placebo-like effects to enhance maintenance therapies). To study these processes, my lab combines a mix of operant and Pavlovian procedures (including drug self-administration), quantitative analysis (e.g., matching law, economic demand), and <em>in vivo<\/em> neurobiological recordings (e.g., fiber photometry). Overall, the goal of my lab is to better understand the neurobehavioral mechanisms that underlie these facets of addiction, with the aim of improving translational research and treatment outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postdoctoral training \u2013 National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore MD<br>Addiction neuroscience<br>Advisor \u2013 Yavin Shaham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PhD, 2018 \u2013 University of Kentucky, Lexington KY<br>Experimental Psychology \u2013 Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology<br>Advisor \u2013 Joshua Beckmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MS, 2014 \u2013 University of Kentucky, Lexington KY<br>Experimental Psychology \u2013 Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology<br>Advisors \u2013 Michael Bardo &amp; Joshua Beckmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS, 2012 \u2013 University of Kentucky, Lexington KY<br>Major: Psychology with Minor: Chemistry<br>Senior thesis advisors \u2013 Michael Bardo &amp; Joshua Beckmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email \u2013 jonathan.chow@ufl.edu<br>Phone \u2013 352-273-2150<br>Office \u2013 090 Psychology Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Office Hours \u2013 T\/Th 2 to 3 pm (Fall 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Office Mailing Address \u2013 Psychology 114, 945 Center Dr. Gainesville, FL 32653<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/jonathan-chow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}