I am a Vancouver-born PhD student working in the behavioural neuroscience area. I research how the brain helps us make risky decisions and how various drugs interact with the decision-making process. I am passionate about neuroscience, psychology, and communicating our research in an effective way. I aspire to become a professor and am working towards developing all the skills necessary in order to do so. I love to teach about psychology and neuroscience, and have taught a section of PSYC101 at UBC. I will be teaching PSYC461 – Neuroplasticity and Behaviour, starting in 2025. I co-host the weekly Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (https://bnsseminar.psych.ubc.ca/), and serve on several leadership committees including the Psychology EDI Hiring Working Group and the Diversity Mentorship Program.

I explore the specific neural mechanisms by which the brain helps us arrive at a decision. In particular, I’m interested in aberrant decision-making, which is a hallmark of several psychiatric conditions.

2023-2027 –  UBC Four Year Fellowship
2023-2024 – President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
2021-2024 – Faculty of Arts Graduate Award
2017 – Irving K. Barber One World International Scholarship
2015 – Paul Jones Memorial Award
2014 – The Honourable Thomas A Dohm (QC LLD) Bursary
2013 – First Year Literature Essay Award