Welcome!

I am a PhD student and NSF Research Fellow in the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and Computational Social Neuroscience Lab at UCLA.

My research explores the neurocognitive bases of our social and emotional worlds. I am particularly interested in a set of brain regions called the default network. To these ends, I use intracranial electrophysiology and neuroimaging techniques on humans.

Outside of science, I am passionate about socioeconomic issues, and participate in groups such as Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Socialists of America. I am also involved in the underground dance music scene in Los Angeles, and previously in Pittsburgh and Minneapolis.

Proudly unionized with Student Researchers United and UAW-2865.

Code

My code is free, open-source & documented on Github. Some highlights include:

• electroCUDA – Electrophysiological preprocessing & analysis using robust statistics & GPU acceleration
• spm12-dartel – fMRI preprocessing with group-specific anatomical normalization

News

November 2022. Our research has earned editorial spotlights from Trends in Cognitive Sciences and Nature.

April 8, 2022. We published the first electrocorticographic study of human social cognition in Nature Communications. This work has been featured in Psychology Today.

March 7, 2021. Spectrum News writes about our recent preprint Human electrocorticography reveals a common neurocognitive pathway for mentalizing about the self and others

Last updated: April 2022