about me

I am a K99 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences and the Carney Institute for Brain Science at Brown University. I will be starting an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa this fall (Aug 2026).

I study mechanisms of motivation, affect, and decision-making across the developmental lifespan, and leverage neurocomputational frameworks and digital mental health to understand how neural and physiological processes are dysregulated in mental and neurological illness. How do neurotransmitter systems like serotonin and dopamine shape affective and motivational processes to guide adaptive decision-making? How do therapeutic interventions like pharmacological agents and transcranial neuromodulation improve mental health outcomes and promote healthy aging? These are some of the key questions that drive my interdisciplinary research program.

As a computational cognitive affective neuroscientist, I seek to bridge basic and clinical science research, through organizing interdisciplinary workshops on aging neuroscience and alignment in aging , developing novel proceedings format for CCN, and serving as an advisory board member for the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging. Broadly, I aspire to facilitate opportunities that promote inclusive excellence.