I’m a computational cognitive neuroscientist interested in how people adapt their learning, memory and decision-making to the environments they experience.

I am very excited to be joining the Columbia Psychology department in summer 2027 as an Assistant Professor. Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining my future lab in Autumn 2027 as a lab manager, PhD student, or postdoc!

Research

My research investigates mechanisms of goal-directed behavior in humans, combining computational modelling, neuroimaging, and naturalistic behavioral paradigms. I am interested in the inherent cognitive trade-offs we face, for example between goal persistence and flexibility, or between knowledge structures that facilitate generalisation versus avoid interference. I aim to understand how individual differences in balancing these trade-offs shape behaviour, and how disruption to these processes contribute to psychiatric and neurological symptoms.

Background

I’m currently a C.V. Starr fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, working with Yael Niv since September 2025. Before that, I completed my PhD as a Wellcome Trust fellow at Oxford University with Chris Summerfield, Jill O’Reilly, and Nils Kolling, followed by a postdoc with Chris Summerfield.