I'm a neuroscientist and postdoctoral scholar at UCSF with expertise in signal processing, statistics, neurophysiology, neuromodulation, computational models of behavior, and neuroethics. My research with Drs. Simon Little and Philip Starr focuses on the neural mechanisms of reward learning and decision making and their role in neuropsychiatric symptoms, and I also study the ethical and societal implications of neurotechnology with Dr. Winston Chiong. Currently, I'm studying cognition, mood, and motivation in people with Parkinson's disease by recording chronic intracranial electrophysiology during longitudinal, at-home behavioral assessments to examine the effects of deep brain stimulation and dopaminergic medications. My long-term goal is to develop neurostimulation therapies to improve mental health across neuropsychiatric conditions, and I believe that promoting equitable access to and impacts of advances in technology and therapy is critical for scientific and clinical excellence.

I graduated in 2012 from Hendrix College with a BA in Neuroscience before spending two years as a postbaccalaureate researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health working on functional MRI methods. In 2021, I graduated from UC Berkeley with a PhD in Neuroscience in which I studied cognitive control using intracranial brain recordings from epilepsy patients.