Arkadiy L. Maksimovskiy, PhD

Arkadiy L. Maksimovskiy, PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist with a research focus on positive emotions. His goal is twofold: to find out what happens in the brain when positive affect goes awry, and to identify ways in which positive emotions can boost resilience towards negative events. Dr. Maksimovskiy conducts his research in the context of two seemingly opposite psychopathological conditions: addiction (over-engagement in harmful activities) and clinical depression (withdrawal from healthy activities).

Dr. Maksimovskiy is also deeply committed to undergraduate education. He regularly teaches courses at Harvard University and his pedagogical approach has been recognized with several Distinction in Teaching awards.