Background
Knopik, Valerie Suzanne Daughter of Walter M. and Ora Mae Knopik.
Knopik, Valerie Suzanne Daughter of Walter M. and Ora Mae Knopik.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, Boulder, 2000.
Postdoctoral fellow Washington University School Medicine, Dept Psychiatry, St Louis, 2000—2002, research instructor, 2002—2004. Assistant professor Brown University, Providence, 2004—2010, associate professor, since 2010. Director, division behavioral genetics Rhode Island Hospital, since 2009.
Review grants National Institute Health, Bethesda, Maryland, since 2005. Associate editor Behavior Genetics Journal, since 2009.
President Eastside Early Learning Center, Providence, 2005—2008. Member of International Society Twin Studies, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group, Society Research Nicotine & Tobacco, Research Society Alcoholism (Finalist Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award), American Psychopathological Association, American Psychological Society, Society Research Child Development, Behavior Genetics Association (Fuller & Scott Early Career Award).
Married Scott John Kiekbusch, October 2, 1999. Children: Violet Fox Kiekbusch, Ronin Walter Scott Kiekbusch.