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Department of Psychology

Faculty

Scott F. Stoltenberg   
Office: 221 Burnett Hall
(402) 472-7861
sstoltenberg2@unl.edu
Office Hours: 11am-noon Wed.

Stoltenberg Lab Group


Dr. Stoltenberg joined the UNL Psychology Department in 2009. He got his PhD in 1995 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Psychology with a focus on behavior genetics. Stoltenberg then did a 3-year, NIAAA funded postdoctoral fellowship in human alcoholism genetics at the Addiction Research Center at the University of Michigan. He then joined the University of Michigan research faculty in the Psychiatry Department, where he continued to conduct research into the genetics of alcoholism. In 2004, he took a more teaching-oriented position at Black Hills State University before coming to UNL.

 

Representative Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

*Hersrud, S. & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2009). Epistatic interaction between COMT and DAT1 genes on eating behavior: A pilot study. Eating Behaviors 10, 131-133.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Batien, B.D. & *Birgenheir, D.G. (2008). Does Gender Moderate Associations Among Impulsivity and Health-Risk Behaviors? Addictive Behaviors, 33(2), 252-265.

Stoltenberg, S. F., Glass, J. M., Chermack, S. T., Flynn, H. A., Li, S., *Weston, M. E. & Burmeister, M. (2006). Possible Association Between Response Inhibition and a Variant in the Brain-Expressed Tryptophan Hydroxylase Gene (TPH2). Psychiatric Genetics, 16(1), 35-38.

Stoltenberg, S.F. (2005). Epistatic Interactions among Presynaptic Serotonergic System Components. Behavior Genetics, 35(2), 199-209.

Stoltenberg S.F. (2003). Serotonergic agents and alcoholism treatment: a simulation. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(12), 1853-1859.

Hill, E.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Bullard, K.H., Li, S., Zucker, R.A. & Burmeister, M. (2002). Antisocial alcoholism and serotonin-related polymorphisms: association tests. Psychiatric Genetics, 12 (3), 143-153.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Twitchell, G.R., Hanna, G.L, Cook, E.H., Fitzgerald, H.E., Zucker, R.A., & Little, K.Y. (2002). Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, peripheral indices of serotonin function, and personality measures in families with alcoholism. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 114:230-234.

Stoltenberg, S.F. & Burmeister, M. (2000). Recent progress in psychiatric genetics - some hope but no hype. Human Molecular Genetics, 9(6), 927-935.

Stoltenberg, S.F., Hill, E.M., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Zucker, R.A. (1999). Birth cohort differences in features of antisocial alcoholism among men and women. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 23 (12), 1884-1891.

Stoltenberg, S. F., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Hill, E.M. (1998). Evaluating measures of family history of alcoholism: Density versus dichotomy. Addiction, 93, 1511-1520.

*indicates student co-authors

Books Or Chapters Published

Stoltenberg, S. F. (in press). Dynamic and Systems-Based Models for Evaluating Hypotheses Related to Predicting Treatment Response. In B. A. Johnson, (Ed.), Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice. New York, NY, Springer.

Stoltenberg S. F. & Nag, P. (2007). Applying Control System Modelling to understand How Genetic Variation influences Serotonin Function and Behavior, pp. 133-171. In Lassau, J. A. (Ed.) Neural Synapse Research Trends. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.
 

Research Funding Sources

Extramural Funding

National Institute of Mental Health; "Serotonin, impulsivity and health-risk behavior" (Academic Research Enhancement Award, 1R15MH077654-01A1); 25% effort; Scott F. Stoltenberg (P.I.), Parthasarathi Nag & Cynthia Anderson (Co-investigators). 8/1/07-07/31/10; $201,800 total costs.

Research support through release from teaching and summer salary: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Number 2 P20 RR016479

Governor's 2010 Individual Research Seed Grant. "Gambling, Impulsivity & Neurotransmitter Genes"; SDBOR/BHSU 2010-06-01; Scott F. Stoltenberg (P.I.); 50% release time (Fall 2005-Spring 2006), 2-months summer salary (summer 2006); $31,200 Total Cost.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; "Genetic Architecture of Risk for Antisocial Alcoholism"; (Mentored Research Scientist Development Award 1 K01 AA00295-01); 100% effort; Scott F. Stoltenberg (P.I.), Robert A. Zucker and Margit Burmeister (Co-Mentors); 3/1/00-6/25/04; $93,200 annual direct costs, $100,656 annual total costs.

Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust; "Genotypic variation in the serotonergic system associated with familial risk for alcoholism, inhibitory control of behavior, aggression and depression; Jennifer M. Glass (P.I.), Scott F. Stoltenberg, Stephen T. Chermack & Heather A. Flynn (Co-investigators); 1/1/02-12/31/02; $50,000 total costs.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; "Multidisciplinary Alcoholism Research Training Program" (NRSA Institutional Training Grant , T32 AA07477); 100% effort; Robert A. Zucker (Program Director); Research Fellow; 1990-2003, $135,264 annual direct costs, $145,090 annual total costs (4 postdoctoral slots).

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; "Genotype, Typology and Alcoholism Treatment Outcome" (NRSA Individual Training Grant, F32 AA05532); 100% effort; Scott F. Stoltenberg (P.I.), Robert A. Zucker (Mentor); 7/1/98-6/30/99; $34,488 annual direct costs.

Intramural Funding

BHSU Faculty Research Committee; 2005-2006. "Gambling, Impulsivity & Neurotransmitter Genes"; Scott F. Stoltenberg (P.I.); $3,112 Total Cost.