Novak is a Master's student in the Statistics program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University. He received his B.A. in Mathematics and Geographic Information Systems from Clark University, but later he cultivated a profound interest in psychology related areas. Currently, his research interests revolve around using quantitative methods to further his passion in psychology and neuroscience fields. He joined us in Spring 2024 and started working with Gergely Turi on behavioral consequences of stress-enhanced fear learning in mice.