She received her PhD from the University of Florida in 1990 and was a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. She has been PI or co-PI on grants totaling over 1 million dollars. Her work focuses on psychosocial predictors of behavior change in the fields of health and sustainable behavior. Within the sustainability arena, Dr. Aloise-Young’s research has included studies on the effectiveness of social norms campaigns for reducing energy usage, predictors of acceptance of smart meters among residential electricity customers and strategies for developing a comprehensive systems approach to high efficiency building design. Dr. Aloise-Young is co-founder of Caros Consulting, which helps organizations in both the public and private sector meet their sustainability goals.